Ogunbayo Ayanlola Ohu (June 18, 1964 - September 20, 2009), known as Bayo Ohu, was a Nigerian journalist. Ohu worked as the assistant news editor for The Guardian, an independent daily newspaper published in Nigeria.[1]
Ohu was born on June 18, 1964.[2] He attended elementary school at the Local Authority Primary School in Iseyin, Oyo State.[2] Ohu next enrolled at Progressive Grammar School in Ado-Awaye, which he completed in 1976.[2] He finally completed his education at The Polytechnic in Ibadan between 1988 until 1990.[2]
Ohu was hired as a reporter by The Guardian, a daily newspaper based in Lagos, in 1991.[2] He worked for the newspaper as a state correspondent in Kastina state in northern Nigeria.[2] Following his time in Katsina, Ohu was promoted to assistant news editor.[2] He later returned to covering Nigerian politics for The Guardian.[2]
Ohu was shot and killed at his home in Lagos,[1] on the morning of Sunday, September 20, 2009. Five assailants were believed to have attacked Ohu, stealing his laptop and cell phone.[1] Police initially believed that Ohu's murder was part of a robbery, though Ohu's work at The Guardian is now the suspected motive for his killing.[1] The Nigeria Union of Journalists codemned Ohu's murder as a hit and not a robbery.[1]