- Safiu Kehinde
A 32-year-old man, identified as Lanre Ogungbe, has allegedly committed suicide after being found dead in a hotel in Ogun state.
The state’s Police Command confirmed the discovery of the deceased body in a hotel room at Soyoye in Abeokuta.
According to the statement issued on Friday by the Command’s spokesperson, Omolola Odutola, in Abeokuta, the incident reportedly 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.
She narrated how the owner of Authentic Hotel on Soyoye road had, on Thursday at 2 p.m, 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.
She said 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 was evacuated to 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.
Odutola said thorough investigation was ongoing on the matter.