The daredevil armed robbers on Sunday night killed the manager of a hotel belonging to the ace footballer, Osaze Odemwingie located at Erediauwa Street off Upper Sakponba Road in Benin City, Edo State.
OSAZE: The Hotel Manager, Osato Okunkpolo is married to a Journalist, Anita and works for a local tabloid in Bénin City.
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Sources at the hotel said the robbers gained access to the hotel at about 9 pm and shot Okunkpola dead instantly.
But Edo Police spokesman, DSP Chidi Nwabuzor, said Okunkpolo was hit by a bullet in a shoot-out between two rival cult groups.
DSP Nwabuzor said members of Eiye and Aye engaged in a shoot-out in the area on Sunday night.
According to him, “The incident is true. It is also true that a murder happened at Odemwingie’s hotel on the 17th of February, 2019. The incident was between two secret cults- The Aye and Eiye cult groups.
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“It was not an armed robbery incident. The corpse has been deposited at the Bénin Central hospital mortuary.
“Our detectives are still investigating the incident.”
www.sojworld.com (c) February 18, 2019
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