Raheemat Momodu who is a veteran journalist and Ex-President of NAWOJ slumped during a meeting and died before getting to the hospital
By Mosope Micheals
A former President of the National Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ), Raheemat Momodu, has died
The veteran journalist passed on after slumping during a meeting according to reports gathered by TheNiche.
The news of her demise was made known via a Facebook post by another female veteran journalist, Joke Kujenya, who described her as an ever-smiling vibrant lady.
According to Kujenya, Momodu died on Tuesday, June 15 before she got to the hospital.
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Kujenya wrote, “For me, the question is ‘what happened to Raheemat Momodu? An ever-smiley vibrant lady, a core professional. Goodbye pleasant soul.
“These deaths are just becoming too much on us in the media industry. At the weekend, it was columnist, #Michael #Awe aka #Michael #West. We’re barely over shedding tears on his sudden exit; now this.”
She went on to say Momodu’s former edition said she slumped while attending a meeting and never made it alive to the hospital.
“According to her former editor, she was attending a meeting, slumped, and didn’t make it alive to the hospital at about 2.00pm today (Tuesday). Just like that, Raheemat Momodu is no more,” she added.
Another post on Facebook by another, journalist Angela Agoawike confirmed her death saying, “Dearest friend and sister, Hajia Raheemat Omoro Momodu, see you on Resurrection Day.”
Meanwhile, the late head of human security and civil society at the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will be buried today Wednesday, June 15
Her burial date and arrangements were announced by some of her colleagues in a statement released to the press.
