The Management of Perceival Holdings, publishers of Maritime 360 and Security Reporters, both online platforms, have announced the death of the publications’ Editor-in-Chief, Prince Biodun Soyele.
His death on Sunday May 19, 2024 brought to a sudden end a luminous era in journalism practice.
Prince Soyele’s death was disclosed in a statement by Perceival Holdings where the Owu Egba-born media mogul worked as Group Managing Director, GMD.
The statement read: “Perceival Holdings, Publishers of Maritime360 and Security Reporters Magazines/Online Publications regret to announce the passing to eternity of our loving, amiable, illustrious and indefatigable Editor-In-Chief and GMD, Prince Biodun Soyele.
“He was hale and hearty all through the night and morning of Sunday 19th May, 2024, when suddenly everything turned cataclysmic and he gave up the ghost.
“In him, we have lost a gem of inestimable value. We have lost a true friend and patron.
“May God grant him sweet repose. And grant his nuclear and extended families, including his colleagues and friends, the fortitude to bear the onerous loss.”
The late Soyele was a broadcaster at the Radio corporation of Nigeria and retired as Director of Information in the Civil Service of Ogun State before he headed the Maritime 360 and Security Magazine owned by Perceival Holdings.