The Ogun State Police Command has confirmed the k!lling of a lodger, Gideon Ebukwe by yet-to-be-identified gunmen at Ok Winners Hotel, Igbosoro, Igode in the Sagamu Local Government area of the state
The police public relations officer Omolola Odutola confirmed the incident in a statement issued in Abeokuta, the state capital.
According to her Ebukwe was shot de.ad while trying to escape when he came under attack by gunmen who stormed the hotel where he lodged as a guest.
It was learnt that despite breaking into the ceiling of the hotel to escape from the assailants, the gunmen still gunned him and took his belongings away.
The public relations officer said that at around 3.30 p.m., the CDC Chairman, Atobatele Igbosoro, reported an incident involving a suspected assass!nation.
“He said that a group of five unidentified armed men arrived at Ok Winners Hotel in Igbosoro, and attacked a guest, Gideon Ebukwe, whose address was currently unknown” she said.
The police public relations officer said that an investigation had commenced to unravel the nature of the crime, if it was cult related.
She said that the case would be transferred to the Police headquarters in Eleweran, Abeokuta, for a more discreet investigation.
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