A group of gunmen invaded a hotel named 16 HOUR Hotel, Alomilaya area of Ganmo, Ilorin, Kwara State, and shot indiscriminately, killing the 47-year-old owner of the hotel, named Kayode Akinyemi.
His manager named Emmanuel Olushila Ojo ‘m’ was seriously injured and presently receiving treatment at the general hospital Ilorin.
One of the friends of the owner of the hotel, one Ori ‘m’ that was with him on the day of incident on Sunday, was abducted.
According to the spokesperson of the state Police Command, Okasanmi Ajayi, in Ilorin on Monday, “The Command’s Tactical team in conjunction with vigilante and hunters have since been mobilised to the scene to comb the surrounding bushes for possible rescue of the victim and arrest of the hoodlums.
He disclosed that the corpse of the victim has been deposited in the Ilorin general hospital mortuary for autopsy.
Okasanmi, said the state Commissioner of Police, Tuesday Assayomo, has declared a total lockdown of the area and a result-oriented manhunt for the perpetrators of the heinous act.
He declared that enough is enough for the criminals, as stringent security action is already emplaced to checkmate the activities of the criminal elements in the state.