The body of veteran journalist who was General Secretary of the Union of Journalists or UJOSS, Edward Lodu Terso Loku is expected to arrive in Juba on Wednesday.
A family representative said funeral is taking place in Hai Thoura and the body will be laid to rest in Munuki.
Chairman of the UJOSS, Oliver Modi, described the death of Edward Terso as a big lost to UJOSS, the media sector and the nation at large.
Edward Terso was sick since July 2019 after been diagnosed with abdominal complications in Freedom Hospital in Juba was referred to Fidel Hospital in Khartoum since November 2019 where he was put under doctor’s supervision before his death.
The late Terso studied his journalism profession in Zambia School of Journalism and graduated with diploma in 1994.
He started practicing journalism in Khartoum as freelancer and a correspondent of different news agencies in and outside Sudan.
The late veteran journalist and other South Sudanese colleagues later joined Khartoum Monitor Newspaper under the administration of late Alfred Taban and became a popular journalist through his column ‘I Just Cannot Understand’.
He later moved to Juba in 2004 joined SSBC and with rest of his colleagues on the ground where they all became the founders of UJOSS.
The late Edward established his own organization known as Multi Media Training Centre in 2008 and Daily Mentor Newspaper.
He was later elected as UJOSS General-Secretary in 2013 where he served up to the time of his departure from this earth.
May his soul rest in eternal peace, Amen!