The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has condoled the management and staff the Champion newspaper, members of the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) as well as the family of Bisiriyu Olaoye, an editor with the Champion who died on Wednesday, February 12, 2025.
Bisiriyu Olaoye died at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) at the age of 63 years.
He was buried same day at his hometown, Ede , Osun State according to Islamic rites.
MURIC in a condolence message issued on Friday, 14th February, 2025 by its Executive Director, Professor Ishaq Akintola, described the death of Bisiriyu as a huge loss.
“We grieve over the loss of a companion.
“Bisiriyu was not just any journalist. He was a friend and a companion.
He was a loving family man. He was warm, candid and hardworking.
He added a human face to everything he touched. Bisiriyu was a humanist.
“We share the pain of this loss with the management and staff of the Champion.
We urge them to continue to work ‘For a Better Society’ as usual in order to give Bisiriyu a befitting legacy.
“By the same token, we commiserate with the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) and both the nuclear and extended family of the deceased.
“May Allah forgive Bisiriyu Olaoye. May He in His Infinite Mercy have mercy on him and repose his soul in Al-Jannah Firdaus.
“May his family and associates be granted the fortitude to bear the loss.”. (vitalnewsngr.com)
