24 April 2010
Edo Sule-Ugbagwu
Shooting
Two unidentified gunmen shot dead the Judiciary Correspondent of The Nation newspaper, Mr. Edo Sule-Ugbagwu in his Lagos residence.
He was hit in the head by several bullets. His killing came seven months after the former Assistant News Editor of The Guardian, Mr. Bayo Ohu, was killed by unknown gunmen in Lagos.
Two senior journalists with ThisDay newspaper, Godwin Agbroko and Abayomi Ogundeji, were shot in similar circumstances in 2006 and 2008. The two armed men are reported to have invaded Sule-Ugbagwu's flat around 6.30pm. The journalist’s younger brother, Okloho, told newsmen that he was accosted by the gunmen, who demanded money. Sule-Ugbagwu was said to have asked the gunmen to leave his apartment and they subsequently shot him on the forehead. The paper has called for a thorough probe of the murder. The Police Public Relations Officer, Lagos State Command, Mr. Frank Mba, who spoke to journalists at the journalist’s residence, said it was too early for the police to say what happened or who killed Edo.
