Residents of Budland Street, Ojodu, Lagos
State, where a hotelier, Mrs. Olusola Olusoga, 56, was murdered by her workers,
have revealed how the deceased’s little boy found her dead body.
According to residents, the hotelier
died after her workers, who wanted to rob her, trussed her up. They also killed
her manager, Tunji Omikunle, 39, who was like her Man-Friday.
Incidentally, it was Omikunle that used
to dress the boy for school. When the boy woke up on that fateful day, he took
his bath and dressed after he got tired of waiting for Omikunle. He then
processed to his mother’s hotel room. When he opened the door, he thought she
was sleeping, even though she was
trussed up. He repeatedly tried to wake her all to no avail.
According a neighour, who didn’t want
his name mentioned, the hotelier’s child, a primary school pupil, was the first
person to discover his mother’s corpse.
He added: “When the child woke up, he
didn’t see the manager, who always assisted him to prepare for school. The
little boy was able to prepare himself, but later went to his mother’s bedroom
to inform her that he was ready for school. When he entered his mother’s
room, he saw her sleeping and tried to wake her up. When his mother didn’t wake
up, the boy ran outside to meet a woman, who he used to buy things from, to
complain that his mother had refused to wake up. The woman went with the boy
into the room and discovered that the woman was not breathing.”
Police investigation showed that
Olusoga’s workers, Ehizojie Vincent Jeffery and Okechi Light Ezi, connived and
killed her and her manager. They allegedly killed her because she was stingy.
Other workers, who are still atlarge, are Henry Lolo and two contract staff
identified as Dubai and Dangote.
The police disclosed: “ The suspects
murdered and robbed Olusoga and stabbed the
manager, Omikunle to death. The principal suspect, Jeffery, was arrested in
Port Harcourt, Rivers State, where he went to take refuge after the heinous
act. All the conspirators agreed that they had no future in the company because
they believed the deceased was stingy.”
The suspects agreed that the hotelier
must be robbed of her local and foreign currency, especially since she had just
returned from London, United Kingdom.
In order to have a hitch-free operation,
they agreed that Henry, who is currently at large, must prepare noodles, which
is loved by all members of staff. He lanced it with a sleep-inducing drug and
served the hotel workers, who were not part of the conspiracy.
The plan would have worked out
perfectly, except for Omikunle, who didn’t eat the noodles. He was already
asleep when the noodle was served. While others fell into a drug-induced sleep,
the suspects tried to steal the keys to Olusoga’s bedroom from Omikunle. The
manager woke up and struggled with them. In the ensuing scuffle, the suspects
killed Omikunle. Unfortunately, the key they wanted was not with Omikunle. They
had to force Olusoga’s hotel room open. She was trussed up and later died. The
suspects stole money and jewelry. The dumb crooks, while carrying out the
crime, forgot to take care of the hotel’s Close Circuit Television (CCTV).
The best buddy of Omikunle, Victor, said
the killers bested his friend because he was drunk. Victor explained that ordinarily, Omikunle
was one of the most powerful men he had ever met, having the strength of a lion.
He said that on the day Omikunle was killed, they had both got drunk.
Victor said: “On that fateful day, we
were together until he told me that he was leaving for office. The killers took
advantage of the fact that he was drunk. On a good day, those workers wouldn’t have dared him. |He
was a very strong man. I could imagine how he must have struggled before they stabbed
him on his neck just to weaken and overpower him. He was preparing for his
twins naming ceremony before his death.”
Victor explained that Omikunle was
managing a fashion designer business, when he abandoned it to accept
appointment as manager of Etashol Hotel & Suites.
He further said: “The murdered
woman employed Omikunle after she sacked her former manager for stealing. The
former manager was arrested by police and a few days later, Omikunle was
employed. Back then, some of the workers were alleged to have connived with the
former manager to steal the hotelier’s money.”
A resident said: “The woman left where
she was living in Ikeja GRA to reside in the hotel. I learnt that she was
preparing to hand over the place to another company to run, as she was
complaining of not making enough money. She said that her workers were defrauding
her. Since she came back from overseas, she had not been happy with her
workers. As they killed her and the manager, the workers stole money and
jewelry from the bedroom. But they were not able to run away with their loots.
The workers got to the gate and the security men refused to open the gate for
them.”
The neighbour further noted: “The
workers told the guards that they were going to get approval from the manager.
They were allowed to return to the hotel; but they didn’t return to the hotel.
Rather, they escaped through the next street, which didn’t have a gate.”
The hotelier was a single mother and had
worked with the former governor of Ogun State, Mr. Gbenga Daniel. She travelled
to London after the end of Gbenga Daniel’s administration.
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