Gunmen invaded a hotel in ilorin killing the owner and abducting his friend.
The hotel 16 HOUR hotel is located in the Alomilaya area of Ganmo, Ilorin.
it was gathered that the gunmen stormed the hotel shooting before shooting the 47yrs old hotel owner, Kayode Akinyemi.
The hotel manager named Emmanuel Ojo was seriously injured and presently receiving treatment at the general hospital Ilorin.
A statement released by SP Okesanmi Ajayi, spokesperson of the state police command, said the hotel owner’s friend , Ori ‘m’ who was with him on the day of the incident was abducted.
Ajayi said the command’s Tactical teams in conjunction with vigilantes and hunters have since been mobilized to the scene to comb the surrounding bushes for possible rescue of the abducted victim and arrest of the hoodlums, while the corpse of the victim has been deposited in the general hospital mortuary for autopsy.
He added that the state 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.l
He added 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.
