By Akinjide Aina, Abuja
When a female broadcast journalist with Abuja-based Naija Info FM, Deborah Ohamara, popular as Debs, drove off to work early Monday morning, 15th January 2024, her greatest desire was probably to return home after her morning shift to the warm embrace of her three little beautiful daughters. But that was never to be.
Rather than return to the comfort of her home, the cold eerie silence of the morgue became her abode for Ohamara lost her life around 3 pm on her way back home following a fatal accident on Airport Road in Lugbe, Abuja involving her vehicle and two more others.
According to a Facebook user, Nten Ekpang, “A car hit Deborah Ohamara from behind while she was driving and she rammed into a moving trailer. She died from injuries sustained from the crash.”
Ohamara, 39, was of mixed parentage. While her late mother hailed from Yala local government area of Cross River State, her father is an indigene of Anambra state.
She joined Nigeria Info in 2018 after a stint with some broadcast outfits in Calabar, the Cross River state capital.
Announcing her death, Nigeria Info 95.1 FM wrote on Instagram on Monday, “With a heavy heart, but with total submission to the will of God, we announce the passing of our dear colleague, sister and friend, Deborah Ohamara (Debbie), a brilliant and loved broadcaster with Nigeria Info Abuja.”
Ohamara, popularly described as the golden voice of Nigeria Info, started her career as a newscaster with the Cross River Broadcasting Corporation (CRBC TV). She was also a presenter on 105.5 Paradise FM Calabar.
Ohamara’s last Instagram post was on her birthday on May 14, 2023, where she said she was “grateful for life”
