Radio presenter shot dead while hunting
The presenter of a radio Yoruba programme ‘Opejuole’, Abulganiyu Lawal, was reportedly shot dead during hunting by unknown person at Araromi-Oke in Ekiti East Local government of Ekiti State. The 42 year-old presenter was said to have met his untimely death on Friday while hunting along Apepe farm settlement in Araromi-Oke. Lawal, who was a […]
The presenter of a radio Yoruba programme ‘Opejuole’, Abulganiyu Lawal, was reportedly shot dead during hunting by unknown person at Araromi-Oke in Ekiti East Local government of Ekiti State.
The 42 year-old presenter was said to have met his untimely death on Friday while hunting along Apepe farm settlement in Araromi-Oke.
Lawal, who was a member of Freelance and Independent Broadcasters Association of Nigeria (FIBAN) in Ekiti State before his death has since been buried according to Islamic rites in his parents’ residence at Igbemo-Ekiti.
A source close to the deceased family said Lawal after holding a meeting with his hunter friends decided to go for the game in the bush and promised to return before 10:00p.m.
But his friends and relatives became worried when they expected him to return throughout Thursday night but he never did. His phone number was also not going through when they tried calling him on phone.
They later made complaint at Ilasa Police Station about the sudden disappearance of the man. This made the police to embark on a search for him.
Report came to his friends and relatives who had been on his search that body of a man was discovered in the bush path by villagers going to the farm on Friday morning.
Police and some of the deceased relatives ran to the scene and to their amazement, met the lifeless body of Ganiyu with bullet wound on the ground.
The deceased is survived by wife and three children. He was the chairman of ‘Opejuole Productions’ before his death.
The PPRO, Alberto Adeyemi who confirmed the Ganiyu’s death in a text message, said investigation had commenced to unravel the cause of his death.