Samson Folarin
The police in Ogun State have started investigation into the assassination of a former Executive Director, Sales and Marketing, Globacom Limited, Okon Iyanam.
PUNCH Metro gathered that the 52-year-old was killed in his hotel, Heritage Hotels and Resorts, Mowe, in the Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of the state on Wednesday.
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The Oron, Akwa Ibom State indigene, was reportedly hosting a birthday party in the hotel when a four-man gang barged in.
Our correspondent learnt that the assailants, after dispossessing guests and workers in the hotel of their phones, demanded to see the owner of the hotel.
They reportedly shot him in the neck at close range and fled from the scene.
The victim was said to have been rushed to a hospital in the area, where he was confirmed dead.
A source said the gunmen struck around 1.30am.
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