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Ogun State Police Command has confirmed that one Lanre Ogungbe, 32, was discovered dead in a hotel room at Soyoye in Abeokuta.
The Command’s spokesperson, SP Omolola Odutola, in a statement on Friday in Abeokuta said the incident occurred at 2 p.m. on Thursday.
Odutola explained that 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.
The PPRO stated that on Thursday at 3 p.m. the owner of Authentic Hotel on Soyoye road 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.
“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 said.
According to her, police detectives reacted swiftly, 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.
“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,” the spokesperson said.
She further said that thorough investigation was ongoing on the matter.
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