Dele Giwa’s Mother Dies in Lagos

The mother of  late Dele Giwa editor in chief of Newswatch  has died today.A family source said  Mrs Elekia Giwa  died this morning at  a private hospital in Ikorodu Lagos.The hospital is said to be run by a professor.She was 87.

She took ill  for some time and   later lost  consciousness  until she died early  today.Family sources said her corps  will kept at  private morgue in Ikeja  until she is buried.

Giwa, the pioneer EIC of Newswatch  magazine  was murdered I  a parcel bomb blast at his residence  ,1986 in a mysterious case that has remained unresolved.