Wole Adedeji, Ilorin
The Kwara State Police Command is in search of a man who lodged in a hotel and escaped, leaving behind his lover who was later found dead in the hotel room.
A statement by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, Ajayi Okasanmi, said one Adegboye James of No 12, Okelewo Street, Ede, in Osun State, lodged at Premium Hotel, Adewole Estate Ilorin.
According to police spokesman, “The said Adegboye James after checking into the hotel on 27th May went out and came back with a lady.
“He later checked out of the hotel the following morning without the knowledge of any of the hotel staff”, Okasanmi said in his statement.
Supervisor of the hotel, Olalekan Anafi, was said to be the one who put up an alert call to the police reporting the discovery of the dead lady in the hotel room.
The supervisor said, “In the following morning when nothing was heard from the room occupied by Adegboyega, a spare key was used to open the room and we’re confronted by the dead body of the lady.
Police said investigation into the incident was already at advance on stage, on Tuesday, as ordered by the Command Commissioner, Mohammed Bagega, to arrest the lodger whose name and address as reflected in the hotel’s log book has been found to be fake.
Okasanmi said his press release became necessary to enable members of the public whose daughter or female ward was missing since the day of the incident visit the Homicide section of the Kwara State Police Command CID for possible identification of the corpse for release.