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My father died of age-related ailment – Odunewu’s son

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Lagos - The youngest son of the late veteran journalist, Alhaji Alade Odunewu (a.k.a. Allah De), Mr Segun Odunewu, said his father died of age-related ailment. Odunewu said in Ikoyi, Lagos on Friday that the death of their mother in January 2012 might also not be unconnected with the death of his father. ``Our mother died on Jan. 4, 2012 and the death of my father happened just last night; so I am still dazed about the development. [caption id="attachment_406026" align="alignnone" width="412"] Odunewu's interment rites[/caption] ``His health condition nose-dived after the family celebrated one year of the death of our mother. This might have affected him somehow. Odunewu wondered why this should happen to the family sixteen months after the death of his mother. Another family member, Mrs Oreoluwa Odunuga (nee Odunewu), described the deceased as a very forthright man. ``He was highly disciplined, very caring and God-fearing man. ``He abhorred bribery a...