Advertising guru, Sesan Ogunro, murdered in Lagos

Advertising guru, Sesan Ogunro,
murdered in Lagos
on december 23, 2013 at 9:46 pm in news
BY LEKE ADESERI, South-West Editor
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.
He said Ogunro had contributed immensely to the
development of Ekiti State in the area of economic
empowerment of Ekiti indigenes and through useful
advice that assisted in taking the state to greater
heights.
Fayemi wondered why a harmless person like
Ogunro could be killed in cold blood, saying his
administration would do everything possible to
assist security agencies in bringing his killers to
book.
He said: “We are appalled and shocked by this
gruesome murder of an Ekiti shining light who was a
role model to the young generation.
“He believed in hard work and rose to the pinnacle
of advertising and marketing communications.
“His sterling qualities inspired our administration to
appoint him as the chairman of the state
broadcasting service and turned around the
fortunes of the corporation within the short time he
held office.
“This is a monumental loss for the government and
people of Ekiti State and we urge security agencies
to do everything humanly possible to bring the
perpetrators of this dastardly act to justice.”