The late former group political editor, The Guardian Newspapers, Omovuakpo Esajere, will be buried on Friday, May 3, in Lagos, family members have announced.
Aged 71, Esajere’s service of song is slated for Wednesday, May 1, at CGCC Annexe (former latter Rain Assembly), in Ogba, Ikeja, at 4:00 p.m., while the funeral/burial service will be held at his residence.
The deceased will be buried at Ikoyi Cemetery, in Obalende, while the funeral reception will be held at the Civic Centre. Esajere joined The Guardian in June 1990, as Political Correspondent and was promoted as Deputy Political Editor by October of the same year. Owing to dint of hard work and a better understanding of his beat, he was promoted to the Political Editor position of The Guardian in January 1992 and became the Group Political Editor of The Guardian titles few years later, the position he held until 2016 when he retired.
Born on September 21, 1953, Omovuakpo Esajere (Akpo-abridged form) at Akiewhe, (Owhe Clan) Isoko North Council, Delta State. He attended Notre Dame College, Ozoro, in Isoko North Council, between 1967 and 1971 and College of Education, Abraka, Delta State, between 1976 and 1979 with a speciality in English Language and Music. He continued with his higher education at the University of Lagos (UNILAG), where he obtained a B.Sc in Mass Communication in 1983. To prepare himself for a better understanding of politics, he went back to the same university for a postgraduate programme in Political Science in 1989.
