A 32-year-old man identified as Lanre Ogungbe was discovered dead in a hotel room in Abeokuta, Ogun State, on Thursday.
The spokesperson for the state police command, Omolola Odutola, confirmed the incident in a statement on Friday in Abeokuta.
She said a bottle of one alcoholic drink called “Lakoko” and another bottle of pesticide known as “sniper” were found beside the deceased in the hotel room.
The spokesperson added that the owner of Authentic Hotel on Soyoye Road reported the incident to the Divisional Police Officer of Lafenwa police station.
Odutola said: “He (the hotel owner) explained that around 2:00 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.
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“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 cordoned off the scene, leaving the exhibits untouched before the complainant made a formal report of the incident to the police.
“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 were 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.”
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