Photo: Gunmen.
Gunmen have shot dead Mt Kayode Akinyemi, the owner of ’16 HOUR hotel,’ in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital.
The gunmen also shot and seriously wounded the hotel manager, Emmanuel Olushila, and abducted the hotel owner’s friend during the attack.
A statement issued by the police command in Kwara obtained on Tuesday by Periscope International confirming the death of the hotel owner, through its spokesperson, SP Ajayi Okasanmi, said the manager was receiving treatment at the General Hospital, Ilorin.
”A group of gunmen invaded a hotel named 16 HOUR, in Alomilaya area of Ganmo, Ilorin, shot indiscriminately, killing the owner of the hotel and injuring his manager.
”One of the friends of the deceased, who was with him, was also abducted.
”The Command’s Tactical teams, in conjunction with vigilantes and hunters has since been mobilised to the scene.
”They are combing the surrounding bushes for possible rescue of the victim and arrest of the hoodlums, while the corpse of the victim had been deposited in the general hospital mortuary for autopsy,” Okasanimi said.
He said that the Commissioner of Police (CP), Tuesday Assayomo, has declared a total lockdown of the area and a result-oriented manhunt for the perpetrators of the heinous act.
The commissioner said, ”enough is enough for the criminals, as stringent security actions were already put in place to checkmate the activities of the criminal elements in the state.” the PPRO added.
