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Suspected gunmen have allegedly assassinated a hotelier, Kehinde Ibidunni, and his wife, Elizabeth, in Atan-Ota, Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State.
The man,63, and his wife, 54, were reportedly shot dead by the gunmen who broke into their residence at Atan-Ota in the early hours of Tuesday.
It was gathered that when the assailants stormed the victims’ residence at No 15 Tella Ojo Crescent, Atan-Ota, around 3 p.m, they forced their way into the house through a burglary proof, and the noise caught the attention of a little girl who was residing with the late couple.
The little girl, it was was further gathered, had immediately rushed to inform the hotelier of the development in his room, but when the man showed up to inquire about the “strange visitors,” he was reportedly shot on the chest and died on the spot.
The hoodlums later got hold of the wife, beat her before she was finally shot dead.
A son of the deceased simply identified as Olayinka told Daily Sun the incident was a case of ‘assassination’. He said his parents were murdered barely a month after the duo attended his wedding in Abuja.
“They (couple) stayed alone in the house. They have a little girl staying with them in the house for support. At about 3 a.m on April 27, the girl heard some people trying to gain access into the house through the burglary proof. She immediately stood up, went to my dad’s room, and called him that some people were trying to gain entrance.
“When my dad showed up to ask about the people, they shot him in the chest straight up. So, he died instantly. After they killed him, they gained access to the house. They went into the room, they met my mum, they beat her, they stabbed her and finally, they shot her. They killed the two of them and after that, they scattered the whole house, they took the little money they could lay their hands on and they left,” Olayinka narrated.
“From what we know and what the police are saying, it is a case of assassination. We can’t tell what type of robbery led to the killing of husband and wife. I think it is an assassination case”,
he added.
He further stated that the police had taken the corpses to the morgue.
“The police were around all through, they were even the ones who took the corpses to the morgue. They told us that they have not laid their hands on any concrete evidence, but they are still trying to interview some people. We were even at the station as of yesterday (Tuesday),” Olayinka added.
While describing his parents as “peaceful and loving,” he hinted that the family has concluded an arrangement to bury the couple on Friday.
