By Dare Akogun
Unknown gunmen has reportedly killed the owner of 16 HOUR hotel located in Alomilaya area of Ganmo, Ilorin, one Kayode Akinyemi.
It was gathered that the attackers who stormed the hotel last night also shot the hotel manager Emmanuel Olushila Ojo, who was seriously injured and presently recieving treatment at the general hospital Ilorin.
One of the friends of the owner of the hotel, one Ori who was with him on the day of incident was abducted.
In a statement confirming the incident today spokesman of the Kwara state police command SP Ajayi Okasanmi said on receipt of the information, 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.
He also revealed that the corpse of the victim has been deposited in the general hospital mortuary for autopsy.
The statement added that the Commissioner of Police Kwara State, Tuesday Assayomo has declared a total lockdown of the area and a result-oriented manhunt for the perpetrators of the heinous act.
According to him “A group of gun men invaded a hotel named 16 HOUR hotel, Alomilaya area of Ganmo, Ilorin, shot indiscriminately, killing the owner of the hotel, one Kayode Akinyemi ‘m’ aged 47years,while his manager named Emmanuel Olushila Ojo ‘m’ was seriously injured and presently recieving treatment at the general hospital Ilorin.
“One of the friends of the owner of the hotel, one Ori ‘m’ who was with him on the day of incident was abducted.
“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.
“The Commissioner of Police Kwara State, CP Tuesday and psc(+) has declared a total lockdown of the area and a result-oriented manhunt for the perpetrators of the heinous act, adding that enough was enough for the criminals, as stringent security action is already emplaced to checkmate the activities of the criminal elements in the state,” he added.
