Details have emerged about Ibadan-based socialite, Olaleye Ajibola, popularly called Gatuso, was killed by suspected armed robbers in Ibadan.
Ajibola was said to have been attacked on Saturday by at the Town House Hotel, owned by a prominent politician in Oyo State.
It was gathered that the victim arrived at the hotel in company with some of his 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.
OYOINSIGHT gathered that he was buried according to Islamic rites on Sunday.
Confirming the incident, 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.”
