Robbers kill Ibadan socialite in hotel

An Ibadan-based socialite, Olaleye Ajibola, popularly called Gatuso, has been killed by suspected armed robbers.

He was attacked on Saturday by at the Town House Hotel, owned by a prominent politician in Oyo State.

It was learnt that Gatuso had arrived at the hotel in company with some friends and ran into the robbers, who were just leaving the premises.

The robbers were said to have successfully completed an operation in the hotel by stealing valuables belonging to employees and guests when they sighted Ajibola making a call. He was gunned down at a close range.

The Police Public Relations Officer, Olugbenga Fadeyi, said, “Teslim Akinpelu, aka Gatuso, was shot dead by four armed men at Town Hotel, NTC, Iyaganku, around 12.45am. The  gunmen pretended to be lodgers before carrying out their evil intention.”