I just got this on the facebook wall of Kayode Tijani 1 hour ago via Twitter ·

I can confirm now that Deacon AYO OSITELU is indeed DEAD! Spoke to his Wife. He was watching TV with her and next he was dead. Am in SHOCK!

https://m.facebook.com/1037846471/timeline/story

R.I.P If this true

RIP to him...

RIP

R.I.P. to the Dead

R I P. Remembering his nice sport programme on eko fm between 7:15am to 7:30am back dem. I don't miss it even if am gonna late for sch.

any time i see any headline on NL that starts with 'veteran....' i know it about nothing else but death!

He was a journalist of almost 40 years standing. Formerly Group Sports Editor of The Punch newspaper, he rose up to become Editor of Sunday Punch and left the Punch stable in 1987 to venture into private publishing business.

He wrote columns for many newspapers including Concord and The Guardian and has celebrated many years of uninterrupted column writing.

He was at a point member of the Editorial Board of The Guardian Newspaper and the first Nigerian print journalist to receive the National Sports Merit Award and was also appointed as the Executive Secretary of Ejigbo Local Government Area by Tinubu in 2004.

Eeya, i use to enjoy this man's football analyses on match days.

RIP sir.

One of the few sports journalist/analyst i knew from childhood. May his soul rest in perfect peace.

R.I.P

R.I. P

one of those things

RIP. Seemed like a nice man, and I enjoyed reading his write ups. A pretty good writer, unlike most so-called journalists we have now. None of us is meant to be here forever, thank God for his life, and that he made an impact in his profession. I hope he had such impact in his personal life too.

R I P

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This is not nice.

Used to watch him back then on match day when the Eagles were super, before DSTV turned sportscasting on its head.

Very gentle and knowledgeable. Great guy. Fortitude to his family and friends. Another big loss.

This is not nice.

Not Nice is probably too mild. Most despicable thing in print ever in 2013.
This is why i now believe that most of us Nigerians have lost values for life and perhaps this also informs all the heart-less decapitation,Rapes, assasinations,Money launderings looting, back-stabbing etc going on in that Country.

R.I.P Deacon Ositelu

i always made sure i read his lawn tennis column in the guardian newspaper. he knew and loved his tennis. may his soul find eternal peace .

R.I.P

RIP Sir, his son was my senior in ISL

Bintin Laye

Ki Oba edumare ba wa te eni to koja lo si afefe ire ooo, amin.

R.I.P sir.....I sincerely hope, you would be resting in the bosom of Abraham by now...

Can't believe it. Didn't look like one to die so soon. No be few days ago I read him last in Guardian?

Rest in peace. Was he watching Nigeria vs Cape verde march that was useless? I knew it that match could kill somebody.

it serve him wright

I actually know his son personally. Dude must be gutted! Really really sad news mehn! Sun re Baba

He is one of the very few erudite sports journalists produced in Nigeria. I grew up watching and listening to him and Pa Fabio Olanipekun on NTA and other channels. What a loss! I pray God gives his family the fortitude to bear the irreparable loss. Adieu Arena!

picture pls