The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party and former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar has mourned the loss of a seasoned journalist, Joe Nwankwo.
Nwankwo was until his passing away, Executive Director at Authority Newspapers.
The Waziri Adamawa in a statement on Friday by Paul Ibeh, Media adviser to the former Vice President, expressed shock and sadness at the death of the young and active media personality who spent many years reporting the judiciary in Nigeria.
The PDP presidential candidate expressed his deepest condolences to his immediate family, his friends and colleagues at Authority Newspaper and the Nigerian Union of Journalists.
He prayed that God will grant his soul eternal repose and imbue the family and friends he left behind the comfort and strength to bear the loss.
Nwankwo passed on Wednesday in Abuja after a sudden illness.
