Suspected cultists believed to be members of the Eiye Confraternity, on Thursday night shot dead the manager of a hotel in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital.
The slain manager who was identified as Anthony Balogun managed the hotel owned by his mother before the unfortunate incident which occurred at about 8 pm within the premises of the hotel located in Olunlade area of the Ilorin.
Details gathered was that two gunmen allegedly entered the hotel and requested to see the manager.
The deceased, who thought that they were prospective customers, came out of his room to meet them at the reception.
Sources disclosed that the assailants lured him out of the reception and shot him at close range on the chest.
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They were said to have also macheted him on the head, hands and legs after the inflicted gunshots.
Kwara State Police Commissioner, Victor Olaiya, confirmed the development, and said it was the outcome of the 8/8 cultists activities after the 7/7 celebration of another confraternity known as Aiye.
The CP while responding to questions from journalists on Friday at the police command headquarters, stated that the body of the deceased has been deposited at the newly upgraded Kwara state University Teaching Hospital, Ilorin.
He assured the citizens of the state that the culprits would be hunted and brought to justice.
