Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole has condoled with the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) over the death of distinguished broadcaster, Malam Yusuf Jibo who passed on after undergoing a medical operation at a Lagos hospital.

In a press statement in Benin City, the governor who also commiserated with the Jibo family of Tudun Wada, Zaria, said the nation has lost one of her shining lights in the broadcast industry.

Reminiscing on Jibo’s glowing and enviable stint at the Cable News Network (CNN), Oshiomhole  said, “We have lost a shining star who raised the barner of the broadcast industry and Nigerian journalism to global standards”.

While praying fervently to the Almighty God for the repose of Jibo’s soul, the governor who expressed heartfelt condolences, sympathy and grief of the

government and people of Edo State, with the NTA management and the Nigerian media, urged the Jibo family to take solace that their beloved son has left an “indelible mark in the practise of journalism”.

“We know we cannot question the Almighty God on why he chose to take away some of our brightest minds. But we will ever remember Jibo for those incisive reports which pricked our conscience and reinforced our resolve not only for a  better Nigeria but Africa”, Oshiomhole said.