Ohu worked as the assistant news editor for The Guardian, an independent daily newspaper published in Nigeria.
[3] Ohu next enrolled at Progressive Grammar School in Ado-Awaye, which he completed in 1976.
[3] Ohu was hired as a reporter by The Guardian, a daily newspaper based in Lagos, in 1991.
[3] Ohu was shot and killed at his home in Lagos,[1][2] on the morning of Sunday, September 20, 2009.
Five assailants were believed to have attacked Ohu, stealing his laptop and cell phone.