Gunmen Invade Hotel, Kill Six In Lagos A Lagos-based socialite and owner of 04 Hotel in Lekki, Lagos State, Olanrewaju Subair, popularly known as Loore, was yesterday morning killed in the hotel by some unknown gunmen. Also killed were the hotel manager, Tijani Wahab, and four guests. Two ladies and a man, however, survived what many have described as an assassination mission. National Mirror reliably gathered that the suspects also made away with N270, 000 from one of the surviving ladies. When our correspondent arrived at the hotel, the scene was deserted. Only four policemen, who were having a breakfast of rice and spaghetti served with fish stew, kept surveillance. Though the security men did not allow anyone to enter the hotel rooms, thick blood was spotted on the open ground of the premises. It was reliably gathered that the Police Area Commander in charge of Ajah, Felix, led a team of policemen to remove the bodies to the General Hospital, Lagos Island, where they were deposited at the mortuary. Friends and associates of the late Loore were seen hanging along Berger Road in Ajah, where the hotel is located. Many, howeve,r were reluctant to speak to the press. Those who agreed to speak did so, on condition of anonymity. According to one of them, Loore had gone to a wedding ceremony which took place on the mainland the previous evening. “He learnt that his girlfriend had just returned to Lagos from Dubai and was lodging at 04 Hotel,” the source said. He added that Loore and his friends then left the ceremony in a convoy to have a good time at his hotel. It was further learnt that Loore was already in bed with his visiting girlfriend when the gunmen stormed the hotel and asked to be shown where Loore was. Another respondent added they learnt that the gunmen also asked for many other names. But no one was ready to point out Loore or the other people who probably were not in the hotel. “From this account it would appear like the gunmen had been trailing them (Loore and his convoy) right from the ceremony up to the hotel,” the source said. According to a friend of the late Loore, the incident looked like a retaliatory attack going by what he said that he had heard at the Ajah police station earlier in the day. “It looks like they have been trailing them. At least, there is something behind it, according to what I overheard at the police station this morning. “Five months ago, some people lodged in the hotel for almost three months and did not pay. According to the police source, Loore called the police to look into the issue. They came; in the course of investigation and search, the police found a gun in one of the rooms occupied by the lodgers. “One of the guys who tried to escape was shot dead by the police. Another guy was not so lucky because he was caught, taken to the station and detained. “Eventually, the detained suspect was released. I think what happened is that they came to retaliate because one of them was shot by the police in this hotel,” he said. Confirming the killing, the police spokesperson, Ngozi Braide, said the police, on receiving a distress call, raced to the scene, but were confronted by the robbers. She said: “We received a distress call at about 2:0am that armed robbers were operating at a hotel near Berger Bus Stop, Ajah, and our men immediately swung into action. On sighting the police officers, the armed robbers opened fire on them resulting to a serious exchange of gunshot. “One of the robbers was shot dead, but others escaped with gunshot wounds. The corpse of the deceased suspect has been dropped in a public mortuary. One AK-47 rifle was recovered from the suspects.” -National Mirrior
Posted on: Mon, 08 Jul 2013 06:38:49 +0000
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