One of the sons of Sesan Ogunro, the advertising guru who was murdered on Sunday night, has given an account of his father’s last minutes. Ogunro, Group Managing Director of Eminent Communications & Spot-On Media, was shot by yet to be identified assailants at the entrance of his church, the International Church of Christ, Jobi-Fele Way, Central Business District Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos, at about 9:30 p.m. and died later at Apapa Hospital, aged 61.

His son, Timayo, yesterday recounted how his father met his untimely death. His account, as excerpted from The Nation: “It was a night of Christmas carol at the church. After the main carol service, people went down to eat. There was a man who tried to steal some money from someone and my father caught him. Other deacons and the minister of God started talking to the guy about what happened. That took some time.

“So, as this continued, people started to leave the church premises. Eventually, it was just myself, my mum and my dad, some children and a few disciples of the church who remained behind.

“My dad said I should take my mum and the children home, since it was getting late. We went outside and my mum remembered that she left some water in my dad’s car. So, my dad went to get the water from across the road. As I was about to open the door for everyone to get in, the gunmen came in a blue Sienna. I saw what happened but I couldn’t hear what they were saying.

“There were five of them. They spread out. Three of them came to me and hit me. I went down and gave them everything in my hand, including the car keys. I went down with my mum and the kids while two of the attackers walked up to my dad. He wanted to take the keys to his car but my dad told them: ‘Just take it; just take it.’ You know these guys: obviously, they were high and they just shot him.”

•Photo shows late Sesan Ogunro.