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Journalists in Ondo State are mourning the death
of one of their colleagues, Funsho Muraina, who died at the Akure
Specialist Hospital on Monday.

Mr. Muraina, a former correspondent of the Punch,
later became the Ondo State chief correspondent of Thisday, before he
was transferred to Abuja as a senior editor. He was buried on Tuesday,
in his hometown, Iseyin, Oyo State.

The Ondo State governor, Olusegun Mimiko, and the
Ondo State Council of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) expressed
shock over the death of Mr. Muraina. They also condoled with Fatimah,
Muraina’s wife, also a journalist, the children, and the entire Muraina
family of Iseyin.

“Funso was a quintessential journalist, brilliant,
fearless, dedicated, and hard working. He was a true lover of the pen
profession; so much so that even when he qualified as a lawyer, he
still stuck to his first love, journalism,” Mr. Mimiko said.

The chairman of the Ondo State Council of the
Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Dele Atunbi, said Mr. Muraina’s
death has once again dealt a major blow to journalism in Nigeria.
Chairman of the Correspondent Chapel, Tunde Raheem, and secretary,
Tunji Adediran, noted that the chapel received Mr. Muraina’s death with
sadness.

“Late Funso Muraina, a former chairman of the
chapel, was known to be a hardworking and fearless journalist,
committed to the ethics of the profession. He will be remembered for
his doggedness and perseverance, which saw him through the study of Law
while still engaged in active journalism,” the chapel said.