By Mike Oboh
President of Sports Writers’ Association of Nigeria (SWAN), Comrade Ahmed Aigbona, has condoled the former Deputy National President of the Association, Patrick Omorodion over the death of his mother.
“On behalf of all SWAN members across the country; affiliate of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), I signed this condolence message in solidarity of our former National officer who recently lost his beloved mother.
“Mother is the most expensive being on earth. No one and nothing can fill the void created by the loss of your mother”, Aigbona said.
The SWAN President said: “the exemplary leadership displayed and contributions of the bereaved; Patrick Omorodion as the Special Assistant to the former Minister of Sports on media is a product of late Mary Alegbe Omorodion, whom I always describe as a good mother.
“As we pray to God Almighty to give the family of the deceased the strength to bear the loss, we are also assuring you that all Sports Writers’ family are with you at a time of this grief.”
Aigbona urged the former SWAN leader and other family members not to be deterred by the death of their mother..
Recall that the mother of Deputy Editor Sporting Vanguard, late Mary Alegbe Omorodion, aged 90, passed on April 11, 2020, buried August 21, 2020.
She is survived by five children among whom is Patrick Omorodion, Deputy Editor, Sporting Vanguard, seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. She was a community leader and a devout Catholic.
