Gunmen have reportedly killed an hotel owner identified as Kayode Akinyemi while his manager, Emmanuel Olushila Ojo who was also seriously injured is presently receiving treatment at the general hospital Ilorin.
This is contained in a statement released by the state PPRO, SP Okasanmi Ajayi.
He 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, 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.