The yet-to-be-identified lady’s corpse has been found at Premium Diamond hotel, Adewole area of Ilorin, Kwara State.
The spokesman of Kwara State police command, Ajayi Okasanmi, in a statement released on Tuesday revealed that the body of the lady was found intact and not mutilated as confirmed by doctors.
The state police command has now alerted any member of the public, whose daughter or female ward had been missing since May 28, 2021, to visit the Homicide Section of the command’s CID for possible identification of the corpse for release.
While explaining in detail how the incident happened, the police spokesman said, ” On 28/05/2021, at about 1930hours, while responding to a call from one Olalekan Anafi, the supervisor of Premium Diamond hotel, Adewole area, Ilorin, revealed that on 27/5/2021, at about 1400hours, one Adegboye James (m), of No 12, Okelewo Street, Ede, Osun state, lodged at the above-mentioned hotel.
“The said Adegboye James, went out and came back with a lady. He later checked out of the hotel without the knowledge of any of the hotel staff.
“The following morning, when nothing was heard from the room occupied by the said lodger, a spare key was used to open the room and were confronted by the dead body of the lady.”
Meanwhile, during the process of investigation, It was later discovered that the name and address of the lodger as reflected in the hotel’s logbook was fake.
The spokesman assured that investigations into the incident were already at an advanced stage as ordered by the state police commissioner, Mohammed Lawal Bagega, “to arrest the lodger.”
