Yinka
Adeparusi, a Nigerian photo-journalist earlier declared missing,
has died, his employers said on Tuesday.
Online
publication, Naij.com, announced in a statement published
on its website that
Mr. Adeparusi was killed in a motorcycle crash Sunday.
“NAIJ.com
confirmed that he was involved in a motorcycle accident in Abuja and died on
the spot,” the statement said.
Mr.
Adeparusi, an award-winning photojournalist, left his residence in Abuja suburb
of Kugbo on Sunday afternoon with a message that ‘I’ll be
back’, his employers said.
But when
he didn’t return, his neighbours —and later his colleagues— became worried,
especially when they couldn’t reach him on the phone.
“This was
quite unusual because Yinka was a soft-spoken, very professional and
clear-headed individual; not the kind of person to wander off,” Naij.com said.
A brief
citation that accompanied the statement described Mr. Adeparusi as an
award-winning photojournalist who graduated from Lagos State University School
of Communication, where he bagged double honours in Photojournalism and
Cinematography and minor in mass communication.
Among
other awards, Yinka received the People’s Choice Award for Human Rights
Photography in Africa, German Development Media Awards in 2013 and was the
winner of the photojournalism award of the 6th Wole Soyinka Award for
Investigative Reporting in 2011
Source: premiumtimes
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