Celebrity Journalist and publisher of Bravo Weekly Magazine Mr.
Victor Dada Eriye, has been killed by generator explosion in Lagos.Our
correspondent learnt that the death that has thrown the nation’s media
circle into mourning occurred while he was re-fuelling it in his Lagos
home.Sources said Eriye died of cardiac arrest as a result of the
complications from severe burns from a domestic accident at the Lagos
University Teaching Hospital.
Eriye suffered a first degree burn after his generator exploded.According
to one of the family sources, though he died on Wednesday, the accident
occurred when Eriye was fuelling his generator at about 11.30 PM on
Saturday, 14 February when the generating set exploded.....
“At
Igbobi, the hospital said they have just fumigated the hospital, so
they cannot admit him. This prompted his family to move him to Lagos
University Teaching Hospital, LUTH, Idi Araba, at about 2:00am on
Sunday. While at LUTH, the hospital staff on duty said they had no bed
so they couldn’t treat him.”
He added that, “The agonising Eriye
was left for hours unattended to at LUTH. And after much pleading and
crying by those who took him there, the hospital then allegedly demanded
for a deposit of N250,000 to be paid at that hour before admission.
“The
family started another round of crying and begging again that they
would bring the money when banks open by Monday morning. By then he had
been unconscious, reasons prevailed and was placed on life support
machine at the intensive care unit at LUTH where he finally died of
cardiac arrest.”
His career as a celebrity journalist spanned his
time with defunct FAME Weekly, TEMPO, City People and News of The
People, the last two as editor, before he floated his own title, Bravo
Weekly, which he managed till his unfortunate death.
Eriye who is
in his early 50s is survived by wife, children, grandchild, brothers and
sisters including Mr. Festus Eriye, Editor Sunday, The Nation
Newspapers. may his gentle soul rest in perfect peace.
culled from Leadershipnews
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