
POLICE BEGIN MANHUNT AFTER HOTEL CEO MURDERED IN ONDO
The Ondo Police command announced that it has launched a manhunt to find the perpetrators of the murder of Adesoji Adeleye, the CEO of the Klass Five Hotel.
Adeleye was fatally stabbed in the early hours of Tuesday in a hotel room in the Arakale neighborhood of Akure, the capital of Ondo state.
The inquiry into the situation has begun, according to Mr. Olayinka Alayande, the state police public relations officer.
“We have sent a team of detectives to the place, and we are on the trail of the perpetrators and as soon as we apprehend them, they will be brought to book. The case has been transferred to state police headquarters for discreet investigation”, he said.
The attackers entered the hotel and killed the victim while he was asleep in one of the rooms.
The armed men broke into the hotel, went into the victim’s room, and fatally stabbed him, leaving him in a pool of blood, according to a local source.
The source said, “The deceased was seen hale and hearty amid his friends yesterday (Monday) night only to hear that this (Tuesday), some people came and stabbed him to death inside the room where he was sleeping.”
Detectives from the state police command inspected the crime scene after the occurrence was promptly reported to the authorities, the source continued.
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