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Monday 23 December 2013

Father of Music Director, Sesan and OAP Fade Ogunro shot dead by armed robbers last night


Beat FM OAP Fade Ogunro and her prolific music video director brother Sesan Ogunro lost their dad in the early hours of this morning Monday Dec. 23rd. Mr Sesan Ogunro Snr, who was an advertising guru, was returning from his church Christmas Carol with members of his family, including his children and grand children when they were attacked by armed robbers last night around 10pm in front of their church at the back of Marwa Garden in Alausa Ikeja. 


Mr Ogunro was shot point blank by the robbers. He was rushed to the hospital where he died around 12.45am early this morning. He was in his sixties. 
Ogunro, the Managing Director, Eminent Communications, was shot yesterday night at Alausa Central Business District, Lagos, western Nigeria by unknown gunmen in front of his wife, children and grandchildren.


A source told P.M.NEWS this morning that Ogunro was coming 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.
“It is true. So sad,” the Senator stated in a short message to our correspondent.
When contacted, the Divisional Police Office at Alausa, Ajao O. Adewale, a Chief Superintendent of Police, confirmed that a man was shot at 10.20 p.m. yesterday 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 the wife of the deceased. None of them was willing to speak with P.M.NEWS on the tragedy.
The Ekiti State-born Ogunro was one of the pioneers of advertising practice in Nigeria. He, alongside Mr. Biodun Shobanjo and others, changed the business of marketing communications when they all resigned from Grant Advertising to float Insight Communications Limited in January 1980.
He later left to establish Eminent Advertising in 1982 and has been able to build the company to a reputable height.
Ogunro was a fellow of the Advertising Practitioners Council of Nigeria, APCON. He was one-time Chairman of APCON’s Advertising Standards Panel, ASP, and Chairman of APCON’s Membership & Privileges Committee. The deceased was also the Chairman of Professional Practice Committee of Association of Advertising Agencies of Nigeria, AAAN.  Ogunro was survived by many children including talented music video director, Sesan Ogunro Jnr., Timayo Ogunro and Beat 99.9FM On-Air-Personality, Fade Ogunro.

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