A serving federal 
lawmaker representing Lagelu/Akinyele Federal Constituency in Oyo State , Temitope Olatoye, has been shot.
He was said to have been shot village in Lalupon, Lagelu Local Government Area of Oyo State, on Saturday evening.
‘Sugar’, as he is popularly called, was rushed to the University College Hospital, Ibadan, with reports saying he was in a critical stage.
“He was shot in the face,” an eyewitness account said, with a similar report saying he was shot in the head.
“Mr. Olatoye Temitope, a.k.a., ‘Sugar’, has just been shot at his village in Lagelu area of Oyo State, but I can’t say if he was shot dead. He was shot in the eye by some of the thugs who stormed his area and they have rushed him to UCH here in Ibadan,” he said.
The lawmaker, who is a member of the Action Democratic Party (ADP), had contested in the February 23, 2019 national assembly poll for the Oyo State senatorial district seat, but lost to Teslim Folarin of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
The police in the state confirmed the incident but have not given details.
There is, however, anxiety as the incident is being linked to fatality.
