Gunmen Suspected To Be Herdsmen Kill Owner Of 16 Hour Hotel
Category: Crime News
Gunmen have reportedly killed the owner of a popular hotel in Kwara State — 16
HOUR HOTEL, located in the Alomilaya area of Ganmo, Ilorin, in the Ifelodun
Local Government Area of the state.
He was killed on Sunday
evening, but the news broke today.
According to Tribune Online,
the gunmen, suspected to be herdsmen, invaded the hotel on Sunday evening,
shooting indiscriminately to scare neighbors before they reportedly killed the
owner of the hotel, one Kayode Akinyemi ‘male’ aged 47years.
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It was also gathered that the manager of the hotel, named Emmanuel
Olushila Ojo ‘male’ was seriously injured and presently receiving treatment at
the General Hospital, Ilorin.
Also, a friend of the owner of the
hotel, one Ori ‘male’ who was with him on the day of incident was reportedly
abducted.
Speaking on the incident, sources in the Alomilaya
neighborhood said that the late hotel owner, who had a large farm in the area,
had driven away cattle owned by the herdsmen away from his farm
recently.
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They described the Sunday incident as a revengeful attack on the hotel.
“Quite sadly, the owner of the hotel was killed in what Police say
looked like a targeted attack. His friend was injured and is being treated in
Ilorin. The body of the hotelier has been deposited at a public morgue in
Ilorin. May God console the families and everyone who mourns him. Safe and
quick recovery to his injured friend. Quite unfortunate,” the source said.
The
Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Okasanmi Ajayi, who confirmed the
incident said that “the command’s Tactical teams in conjunction with vigilante
and hunters have since been mobilized to the scene to comb the surrounding
bushes for possible rescue of the victim and arrest of the hoodlums, while the
corpse of the victim has been deposited in the general hospital mortuary for
autopsy.
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