Shiites protest: Owolabi, slain NYSC corps member, buried in Zaria

The slain Channels TV reporter,  Previous Ayoola Owolabi,  who was killed during a recent bloody protest by Shiites members in Abuja, was laid to rest at Wusasa cemetery in Zaria, Kaduna State, on Thursday.

His remains which were deposited at the Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Shika, were conveyed to the cemetery as early as 8:20 a.m. ina white an ambulance with his fellow corps members as well as the officials of the NYSC in attendance.

Findings by the Tribune Online indicated that the body of late Owolabi, an intern with the Channels TV’s main station in Abuja had been sent to his parents in Zaria on Tuesday.

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When his body arrived at the Wusasa Cemetery, dozens of sympathisers were already at the burial ground to pay their last respect to the corps member.

His family members who were also around could not hide their emotions as they shed tears and cried over his demise as his body was lowered into the grave after a funeral service which was followed by a farewell song and final salute conducted by members of the NYSC.

Speaking after the funeral, Owolabi’s mother said the deceased had promised her he was going to be famous, but she never thought, he was only going to be famous in death.

She said the late Channels TV reporter loved his books. “If you are looking to for him, just go to his room, you will meet him either reading or writing.

“He used to tell us, he would become famous in life, but I never thought he meant to say, he would be famous in death,” the mother said.

Also speaking, the father of the deceased Mr Ayo Owolabi, a deputy director at the ABUTH, said his son who read theatre arts at the University of Ilorin, was fallen in love with journalism when he met his untimely death.