The Chairman of Estate Surveyors and Valuers Registration
Board of Nigeria (ESVABORN), Mr. Olayinka Sonaike, has died at the age
of 74.
According to Punchng, Sonaike who was appointed the
chairman of the board in March 2017, died while delivering his speech at
an event at the headquarters of the Independent Corrupt Practices and
Other Related Offences Commission in Abuja on Tuesday.
After the acting Chairman of the ICPC, Mr. Bako Abdullahi; the
Secretary, Dr. Musa Usman, the Head of Department, Education (ICPC),
Mohammed Baba; and the President and Chairman of Council, Nigerian
Institute of Management, Prof. Munzali Jibril, delivered their speeches,
the first session ended after which most journalists had left the
venue.
It was learnt that around 1pm, when Sonaike was to make his
presentation, he picked up the microphone and was still flipping through
the pages of his document when he slumped.
The nurses at the ICPC sickbay were immediately alerted and they administered first aid but he was still not responding.
He was conveyed unto a vehicle and rushed to Limi Hospital, where he was certified dead.
One of the participants who spoke to PUNCH‘s correspondent said;
“Around 1pm, Mr. Sonaike who was made the chairman of the
session because he was the first to arrive at the venue, was about to
make his presentation when he slumped.
Of course, we all ran towards him and started pouring water on his face in a bid to revive him but he did not respond.
The nurses at the ICPC sickbay were immediately alerted and they
administered first aid but he was still not responding. He was conveyed
unto a vehicle and rushed to the Limi Hospital which is located in the
next compound.
Less than an hour later, the ICPC acting chairman and other
senior employees of the commission went to the hospital to see how he
was doing but he was certified dead.”
It was learnt that some senior members of ESVARBON had gone to Sonaike’s home to inform his family of his demise.