Dapo Olorunyomi is the Chief Executive Officer of the Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development (CJID) and Publisher of PREMIUM TIMES, who had a long-standing relationship with the deceased, including when he held sway as the helmsman at Freedom House in Nigeria.
Mr Olorunyomi, like many others, said he was devastated by the news of Mr Oso’s demise, describing it as a big hole in the media, academic, and journalism practice circle.
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He said: “Professor Oso’s sad and needless tragedy drills a long, dark, tunnel within the academic and practice environment of African journalism, and the complete implications of this convulsive loss will take time to interpret and even much more to mend.”
