Man Hunt Launched for Man Who Killed His Lover and Fled in Lagos Hotel (Photo)

 

A manhunt for a man suspected to have murdered his lover at a hotel on Prince Adeyemi Street in the Ikotun area of Lagos has been launched by the Lagos State Police Command.

 

According to a report by Punch Newspaper, the unidentified man had lodged in a room in the hotel named Taola Hotel, with his girlfriend around 9.30pm on Friday and paid for one hour which was supposed to elapse around 10:30pm.

 

The hotel staff became worried when it was 12:00am as the guests did not check out of the hotel. Ahmadu, who is the manager of the hotel, was said to have gone to check the room only to discover that the woman was dead, while the suspect had fled.

 

The manager reported the case at the Ikotun Police Division, while the remains of the victim were deposited in a morgue.

 

Jibola Adesina, who is a resident of the area, revealed that no one could explain how the suspect escaped from the hotel. He said “The police came to remove the corpse. No one can say how the man managed to escape from the hotel because it has only one entrance.”

Another resident, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the man had said he wanted to buy something outside the hotel and fled afterwards, adding that the management suspected something was wrong when he did not return.

 

“I learnt from one of the workers in the hotel that the man came out of the room around 10pm. He said he wanted to buy something outside. He left, but did not return. It was when they waited in vain for his lover to step out that they decided to go into the room. She was found dead,” he said.

 

A worker of the hotel, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told our correspondent during a visit to the area on Sunday that the incident “shook everyone”, adding that the lovers had come to have “a nice time”, and that their details were not collected because they did not have the intention of passing the night.

“It was unfortunate. They just came to spend a short time together. That was why their details were not taken. The case was reported to the police,” he said.

 

SP Dolapo Badmos, who is the Police Public Relations Officer, said the police were investigating the incident.