Journalist Danture who needs N13m for liver cancer surgery is Dead - Governor Inuwa Yahaya reacts

By Bright Olorungbotemi

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...Gombe Governor mourns Channels TV reporter, Vincent Danture

A journalist with Channels TV, Vincent Bala Danture, 39-yr-old, who has been diagnosed with cancer of the liver and seeks urgent medical attention in an Indian hospital has been reportedly dead, VAM News reports. 

Channels TV, Vincent Bala Danture

Danture, who is from Kaltungo Local Government Area, Gombe State and a father of two children, tells CHIMA AZUBUIKE.

While speaking with journalist, Danture; I have been in journalism for more than a decade. I was with Gombe Media Cooperation before working for Channels Television. I was once the state secretary of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Gombe State chapter.

What health challenges do you have?

The ailment started like malaria. I’ve had it since last August. I had an experience around August 2019 after we returned from a tour with Governor Inuwa Yahaya, who was in some local government areas for flood assessment. After the visit, I filed in my report. Then I tried to go home but discovered I could not walk. I had to visit the hospital the following day and was diagnosed with typhoid fever, malaria, and ulcer, he swas relieved after treatment, he said.

Meanwhile, Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe state has recieved with sadness the death of Channels Television correspondent in Gombe, Mr. Vincent Danture, who died today.

Vincent died in the early hours of today, Wednesday, 19th February, 2020 at the National Hospital, Abuja preparatory to his departure to an Indian Hospital for treatment.

Governor Inuwa Yahaya, in a condolence message, described the death of the Channels Television reporter as a huge loss not only to his immediate family but to journalism profession, the state and the nation at large.

He noted that Vincent was a core professional, hardworking and dedicated journalist, who contributed immensely in projecting the programmes and policies of Gombe state through balanced reporting.

Th Governor urged his family to take solace in the fact that their son, as an active member of the esteemed journalism profession, lived an exemplary life among his contemporaries and conducted himself with utmost professionalism and dignity while carrying out his assignment.

He expressed the deep condolences of the Government and people of Gombe state to the family of the deceased, Management and staff of Channels Television, as well as the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ where Mr. Danture once served as the Gombe state Council Secretary, assuring the grieving family of Government support.

In a statement signed by Ismaila Uba Misilli, Senior Special Assistant (Media and Publicity) to the Governor, prayed to God to grant the departed soul eternal rest and the family the fortitude to bear the great loss.