Operatives of the Ogun State Police Command have announced that a man has been found dead in a hotel room at Soyoye in Abeokuta.
The discovery of the deceased, who was identified as 32-year-old Lanre Ogungbe, was made at 2 p.m. on Thursday.
According to SP Omolola Odutola, the Command’s spokesperson, in a statement on Friday, 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.
Odutola disclosed that the owner of Authentic Hotel on Soyoye Road, Abeokuta, the state capital, on Thursday afternoon 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,” she wrote.
“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 added that police detectives responded promptly, and found the deceased on the bed, alongside an empty bottle of “Lakoko” and a bottle of “sniper”, suspected to have been consumed by him.
The deceased is suspected to have ingested the deadly chemical to commit suicide.
“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,” Odutola, adding that the incident was being investigated.