“He passed away peacefully surrounded by family members and loved ones. Funeral arrangements will be communicated in due course,” the statement by Mark’s spokesman said.
By Jeffrey Agbo
Former Senate President, David Mark, on Friday, lost his 51-year-old son, Tunde Jonathan Mark.
A statement by Special Adviser to former President of the Senate, Paul Mumeh, said the younger Mark, named after his father’s best friend, Tunde Jonathan Ogbeha, died in a London hospital on Friday morning.
Tunde, who died after a long battle with cancer, was the first son of the former President of the Senate.
A family source told TheNiche that he succumbed to mouth cancer.
Born on October 13, 1971, Tunde attended Yaba Military School, located in Yaba, Lagos where he obtained his first school leaving certificate.
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He later proceeded to Bradfield College, Berkshire, UK where he attended secondary school.
Tunde is a Biochemist who obtained a B.Sc degree from Kings College, London. He studied immunology alongside biochemistry and later Biological Sciences in the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, Harvard, Cambridge, Massachusetts. He was married with a daughter.
“He passed away peacefully surrounded by family members and loved ones. Funeral arrangements will be communicated in due course,” the statement by Mark’s spokesman said.
