Bayo Ohu, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Bayo Ohu

Nigerian journalist

Date of Birth: 18-Jun-1964

Date of Death: 20-Sep-2009

Profession: journalist

Nationality: Nigeria

Zodiac Sign: Gemini


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About Bayo Ohu

  • Ogunbayo Ayanlola Ohu (June 18, 1964 – September 20, 2009), known as Bayo Ohu, was a Nigerian journalist.
  • Ohu worked as the assistant news editor for The Guardian, an independent daily newspaper published in Nigeria.Ohu was born on June 18, 1964.
  • He attended elementary school at the Local Authority Primary School in Iseyin, Oyo State.
  • Ohu next enrolled at Progressive Grammar School in Ado-Awaye, which he completed in 1976.
  • He finally completed his education at The Polytechnic, Ibadan between 1988 until 1990.Ohu was hired as a reporter by The Guardian, a daily newspaper based in Lagos, in 1991.
  • He worked for the newspaper as a state correspondent in Kastina state in northern Nigeria.
  • Following his time in Katsina, Ohu was promoted to assistant news editor.
  • He later returned to covering Nigerian politics for The Guardian.Ohu was shot and killed at his home in Lagos, on the morning of Sunday, September 20, 2009.
  • Five assailants were believed to have attacked Ohu, stealing his laptop and cell phone.
  • Police initially believed that Ohu's murder was part of a robbery, though Ohu's work at The Guardian is now the suspected motive for his killing.
  • The Nigeria Union of Journalists condemned Ohu's murder as a "targeted murder" and not a robbery.

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