MAN FOUND DEAD IN OGUN HOTEL, POLICE CONFIRMS

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According to the Ogun State Police Command, 32-year-old Lanre Ogungbe was found dead in a hotel room at Soyoye in Abeokuta.

The Command’s spokesperson, SP Omolola Odutola, in a statement on Friday in Abeokuta said the incident occurred at 2 p.m. on Thursday.

Odutola explained that a bottle of one alcoholic drink called “Lakoko” and another bottle of pesticide known as “sniper” was found beside the deceased in the hotel room.

The PPRO stated that on Thursday at 3 p.m. the owner of Authentic Hotel on Soyoye road reported the incident to the Divisional Police Officer of Lafenwa police station.

“He (the hotel owner) explained that around 2 p.m. of that same day, his hotel’s manager raised an alarm at the hotel and informed him about a customer later identified as Lanre Ogungbe, who had come to the hotel for a short rest.

“The receptionist, after noticing that the customer had not been seen, went to check on him and discovered his lifeless body on the bed.

“She immediately notified the manager, who then alerted the hotel owner.

“They condoned off the scene, leaving the exhibits untouched before the complainant made a formal report of the incident to the police,” Odutola said.

Police investigators, she said, moved quickly and discovered the body on the bed with an empty “Lakoko” bottle and a bottle of “sniper,” which they assumed he had already finished.

“There were no signs of violence found on his body.

“His remains were evacuated to the General Hospital in Ijaiye for medical examination, where he was pronounced dead and his body deposited in the morgue for a post-mortem examination,” the spokesperson said.

She went on to say that a comprehensive inquiry was being conducted into the situation.