By Adenuga Toheeb Ayoola
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has mourned the death of Peter Onwubuariri, an Assistant Director, Media, at the Presidential Villa, who died in Kano after a prolonged illness at the age of 48.
In a statement on Tuesday, read by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, Tinubu described the journalist’s death as a painful loss to the Presidency, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the media community and the nation.
The President said, “Peter was a dedicated journalist and a committed public servant whose professionalism and calm disposition earned him the respect of his colleagues and associates.”
Tinubu said Onwubuariri’s death was a great loss to the Presidential Villa and Nigeria, adding that he would be remembered for his diligence, contributions to journalism and national service.
According to his wife, Catherine Ezinna Onwubuariri, he died on Monday after receiving treatment for about a month at the Kano Cancer Hospital under the state government’s treatment authorisation.
The President noted that the deceased covered a broad range of critical national and international issues, including foreign affairs, telecommunications, politics and finance.
Tinubu extended his condolences to Onwubuariri’s wife, Catherine, and his three children, and prayed that God would grant the family the strength to bear the loss and the deceased eternal rest.
His remains were released from the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital on Tuesday for burial in Owerri, Imo State.
Onwubuariri, a veteran journalist and staff member of NAN, he was posted to the Presidential Villa in 2014, where he subsequently served in the media teams of three successive administrations under Presidents Goodluck Jonathan, Muhammadu Buhari and Bola Tinubu.
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