A gateman with Mabila Hotel in Ikorodu, Lagos State, was killed in the early hours of Wednesday by some gunmen who also robbed some officials of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, who lodged in the hotel .
Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, who confirmed the incident to reporters, said, “One Prof. Odunsi, an official of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) who lodged at the hotel was robbed of his two phones, one HP Laptop and N20,000 cash.
He further disclosed that two female officials of JAMB, who lodged at the hotel, were also robbed of their phones and jewellery.
The spokesman said that the hoodlums shot the hotel’s gateman simply identified as Peter, 40, who attempted to prevent them from escaping.
He explained that the gateman was rushed to an undisclosed hospital where he later died.
Hundeyin said that the police got a distress call at about 2.40 a.m. on Wednesday that some hoodlums had invaded the hotel located at No. 60, Omodisu St., Asolo-Owutu, Agric area in Ikorodu.
He said that based on the call, the police from Owutu Division went to the place immediately, adding that when the hoodlums sighted the police van coming, they all fled in a Lexus SUV.
“The Commissioner of Police for Lagos State, CP Abiodun Alabi, has ordered a serious manhunt for the suspects,” he said.
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