Heavy Hearts -Amaechi, Fayemi, Saraki, Amosun, OGD Pay Tributes – As Always Ready To Help Journalist Gbenga Davies Is Buried Today

Gbenga Davies, the three-time Journalist of the Year in Ogun state will be buried today, Wednesday, August 14, 2019, in the state capital, Abeokuta.

The burial arrangement of the always ready – to – help friend of many as released by the family starts at 11.00 am when the body will leave General Hospital, Sokenu, Abeokuta. There will be brief service of songs at the NUJ Secretariat, Iwe Iroyin House, Abeokuta, at 11.30 am. His remains will be buried at Kobape Cemetery by 12.30pm.

Gbenga gave up the ghost while watching a football match with friends on Friday, August 9, 2019. He was 46years old.

Gbenga’s death caused a lot of shocks and grieves across different divides.

All his friends and associates speak with one voice about his person – Gbenga was a good man.

According to a statement released by elder brother Femi Davies, mongst top politicians across the country who have been paying glowing tributes to Gbenga are the former governors of Ogun State, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, the former Senate president, Sen. Bukola Saraki and the executive governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi.

Others, who also commiserated with the family include former Rivers State governor and now minister, Mr. Romiti Amaechi.

Gbenga was a friendly and jovial person, an humanitarian, whose contributions to his immediate community will remain unforgettable.

He had his secondary school education at Festac Grammar School, Lagos and proceeded to Ogun State Polytechnic (now Moshood Abiola Polytechnic) in Abeokuta, where he studied accounting. Though he would later choose a career in journalism, a profession he had passion for due to his closeness to his brother – veteran and award-winning journalist behind Metronews Nigeria -, Otunba Femi Davies.

Until his death, Gbenga was the spokesperson for JAC Motors-sponsored Abeokuta Marathon.

Gbengene, as he was popularly called, is survived by his wife, four children, brothers, and an aged mother