SAD! Seven Die As Gunmen Raid Hotel In Ajah, Lagos

Tragedy struck as some gunmen stormed a hotel in Ajah area of Lagos State yesterday, 04 Hotel, killing the owner, identified as Olanrewaju Subair, three others and  left several people injured. However, two people in one of the hotel rooms died from a fire outbreak that was caused by intense shooting in the hotel.

The robbers told the customers at the hotel that they were on a revenge mission. Luckily  one of the employees was able to call the police and on sighting the policemen, the robbers opened fire. The police confirmed that one of the gunmen was killed in the operation which lasted for about an hour.

A witness said there was a fire at the hotel shortly after the shooting. “The gunmen came for Subair but ended up shooting others in the process. They killed his girlfriend who was with him and then killed two other people. They then shot two others but those ones did not die. The shooting caused fire and two customers, who were in another room, were burnt to death. The fire continued to rage so we had no choice but to call on the fire service.”, he said.

Lagos State Fire Services were able to put out the fire, they also confirmed the death toll. "We received the distress call around 7am on Sunday that there was a fire. On getting there, we were able to put it out but two people were already burnt ,” the boss said.

“A notorious armed robber was arrested at the same hotel sometime ago. We are working on the assumption that it was members of his gang that came to the hotel for retaliation”, a source said.

This is not the first time the hotel is being raided, it was raided sometime ago and three of the gang members were arrested.

The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, Umar manko, has vowed that the robbers will be arrested.


Source: Punch


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