Gunmen, in the afternoon of Wednesday, January 22, 2020, killed Alhaji Babatunde Oreitan, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo state, in Ibadan, the state capital. His murder is suspected to be an assassination.

We gathered that Oreitan, who was one of the APC leaders in Ona Ara Local Government, was killed in his house situated at Oremeji Agugu area of Ibadan after the Dhur prayer.

The deputy national youth leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and former Special Adviser to ex-governor of the state, Abiola Ajimobi, on Youths and Students Matters, Afeez Mobolaji, who confirmed the killing, described the departed chieftain as a devout Muslim.

The leader of APC in Ona Ara LG, Alhaji Babatunde Oreitan has been murdered. Alhaji Babatunde Oreitan was a principled politician, a devoted Muslim and a political leader. Those that killed you will never have peace. Rest in peace Baba Gbemisola, Baba Lateef,

he said.

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