Olaitan oyerinde biography for kids

Assasins hit the political camp of Edo State Governor Adams Oshiohole yesterday.

They killed his Principal Private Secretary, Mr.Olaitan Oyerinde, just six days after the governor himself escaped death in a auto crash and five days after gunmen missed his Commissioner for Information, Mr.Loius Odion, at home.

Four persons, including three journalists, died in Saturday’s auto accident on Afuze-Auchi Road, with the governor crying out that he was the real target.

Oyerinde’s murder in the presence of his wife has provoked an outrage across the land.

Nobel laureate, Prof.

Wole Soyinka, said: “The hand of the assassin is clear as day,” while Gov Oshiomhole told the Police to fish out the killers immediately.

Oyerinde, 44, was shot dead by four gunmen who invaded his house located in Ugbor area, Benin City around 1 am.

They first tied the security guard while two of them forced their way through the front door and made straight for his bedroom, but it