Publisher, African Newspapers of
Nigeria Plc, the publishers of the Tribune newspapers, Chief Oluwole Awolowo,
died in a United Kingdom hospital on Wednesday at the age of 70.
A statement from ANN Plc on Wednesday
said Oluwole, a son of the late Premier of the defunct Western Region, Chief
Obafemi Awolowo, died as a result of the complications he suffered in a car
crash about seven years ago.
The statement by the Managing
Director/Editor-in-Chief of the company, Mr. Edward Dickson, said, “Chief
Awolowo died 5.40pm Nigerian time at Wellington hospital, St Johnswood, London,
following complications arising from a car crash that occurred on September 30,
2006.
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