Nigeria, March 10 -- The Oyo State police command has debunked rumours of killings of some prominent persons in Ibadan, the state capital.

The news had been making rounds on the social media on Sunday sequel to the killing of the deceased Oyo lawmaker and senatorial candidate of the Action Democratic Party (ADP), Temitope Olatoye.

PREMIUM TIMES earlier reported how the lawmaker, popularly called Sugar, was shot by suspected political thugs at the collation centre at Elesu, Ward 13, Lagelu Local Government Area.

He was rushed to the University College Hospital UCH where he later died.

The police in a press statement made available to PREMIUM TIMES said there is no truth in the stories making the rounds.

The commissioner of police, Oyo...