Sesan Ogunro, Murdered in Lagos

Marketing communications guru, Mr. Sesan Ogunro, has been shot dead.Ogunro,Managing Director, Eminent Communications, was shot Sunday night at Alausa Central Business District, Lagos, by unknown gunmen in the presence of his wife and children.

According to reports, Ogunro was returning from a special Christmas service programme which he chaired when the gunmen stopped his car and demanded for the keys.

Though he didn't resist their order, yet one of the assailants shot him. He died few minutes later before help could come. He was in his late 50s.

Senator Babafemi Ojudu, a friend of the deceased, confirmed the death, saying: "It is true, so sad."

Contacted, the Divisional Police Office at Alausa, Ajao Adewale, a Chief Superintendent of Police, confirmed that a man was shot at 10.20 p.m., Sunday, at Alausa. He added that his vehicle was snatched by his attackers.

"We don't know him but we have commenced investigations into the attack," he added.The atmosphere at his home on Atinuke Ologunde Crescent, Ogudu GRA, Lagos was filled with gloom as sympathizers trickled in to condole with his widow. None of them nor family members was willing to speak on the tragedy.The Ekiti State-born Ogunro was one of the pioneers of advertising practice in Nigeria.

Fayemi mourns

Meantime, Governor Kayode Fayemi of the Ekiti State has expressed shock at the killing of Ogunro who is also the Chairman of the Board of the Broadcasting Service of Ekiti State.

Fayemi in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Olayinka Oyebode, said Ogunro's murder had broken the hearts of the people of the state whom he served diligently in his lifetime.

The governor said Ogunro was a thoroughbred Ekiti son, a professional who identified with his people wherever he found himself.

He urged all relevant security agencies to work hard and ensure that the killers of the BSES boss are brought to justice within the shortest possible time.

The governor, who has since paid a condolence visit to the family of the late Oguro in Lagos, yesterday, said those who cut down the Ekiti shining star must not be allowed to get away with the crime.

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