Former editor-in-chief of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Peter Obakhedo has passed on, his wife said on Friday.
Mr Obakhedo, 61, died at the Lagos State Teaching Hospital on Wednesday following an illness.
Last year, his family appealed to the public for N15 million to enable him undergo a kidney transplant.
Obakhedo, who hailed from Apana Uzairue in Etsako West Local Government Area of Edo, joined the service of NAN in December 1989 and rose to the position of a director in January 2019.
He became NAN editor-in-chief in June 2020 and held the position until retirement in November 2021.
He worked in various state offices of NAN as well as the Lagos directorate of the agency, which he headed before becoming NAN editor-in-chief.
Obakhedo, a 1984 graduate of the University of Ibadan, is survived by wife, three children and three siblings.
