Armed robbers have killed Mr. Ojo Mogbadewa Peters, publisher of Daily Monitor, in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.
Peters, whose death was first announced on the Oyo State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) platform on Sunday, September 7, 2025, was earlier believed to have died of typhoid fever. However, investigations later revealed that he was a victim of a robbery attack around Molete, Ibadan, on August 18, 2025.
A discreet probe by National Insight, corroborated by family sources, confirmed that the journalist was killed by a notorious “one-chance” robbery gang operating along the Oke Ado–Molete axis of the city.
According to his younger brother, Mr. Peter Enahoro, the deceased was attacked around 2 p.m. on August 18, shortly after leaving a bank in Oke Ado. “On that same day that he was shot, I got a call from a police officer at Orita Challenge that our brother was at their station. But upon getting there, I was told he had been shot by a notorious armed robber operating with a motorcycle,” Enahoro said.
Family members disclosed that the assailants accosted Peters as he stepped out of the bank, snatched his bag, and shot him from behind before escaping on a motorcycle. He later died from the gunshot wounds and has since been buried.
A police source at Challenge Division confirmed the incident, adding that investigations are ongoing.
The Oyo State Police Command confirmed the development through its spokesperson, CSP Adewale Osifeso, who disclosed that two suspects linked to a string of robberies in Ibadan were intercepted with a motorcycle around Imalefalafia.
According to Osifeso, one of the suspects attempted to resist arrest and was fatally injured, while the other was apprehended and taken into custody. He added that the suspects were also connected to another robbery and shooting incident at Anfani Junction on the same day.
He assured that investigations were ongoing, noting that further updates would be communicated as the case progresses.
