The Chairman, Estate
Surveyors and Valuers Registration Board of Nigeria, Mr. Olayinka Sonaike, has
died.
Among other
responsibilities, ESVABORN is charged with registering persons who are fit and
qualify to serve and practice as estate surveyors and valuers; and also
regulate the knowledge and the general practice of the profession.
Punch learnt that 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
The deceased was one of the
resource persons invited by the ICPC to speak at a one-day colloquium of
business management organisations.
It was learnt that the
74-year-old Sonaike was the first guest to arrive at the event which was
supposed to have started at 9am but began an hour later.
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.
One of the participants who
spoke to our 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.”
Some senior members of
ESVARBON had gone to Sonaike’s home to inform his family of his demise.
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