Man Arrested After Allegedly Killing His Girlfriend For Money Ritual In Lagos Hotel

Lagos State Police Command has arrested a man, Amos Daniel, also known as “Gambit,” for allegedly killing his girlfriend inside a hotel room in the Ayobo-Ipaja area of the state.

The incident happened on Thursday, July 17,  when Daniel, reportedly a known cultist, had checked into the hotel around 5 p.m. with two other men before the lady later joined them in the room.

It was gathered that around 10 p.m., loud and unusual noises were heard coming from their room, prompting concern from other guests and hotel staff.

Speaking with Punch, a hotel guest who identified himself simply as Adio said that he was staying in the room next door and heard disturbing sounds.

“I checked in on Wednesday, but on that fateful evening, I started hearing a strange sound from the room beside mine. I was so curious, and by the time I later stepped out, I noticed that someone else who heard the noise had alerted a security operative, who came and said he had heard the same noise.

“So, he knocked, but no one responded. Then, they decided to use the spare key to open the door, and that was when they found a lady lying in a pool of blood,” Adio explained.

Following the discovery, hotel staff raised an alarm, and other occupants of the room had already fled, but a search of the hotel premises led to Daniel’s arrest as he was reportedly trying to escape through the gate.

A hotel employee, who asked not to be named, said Daniel was caught while trying to hide on the premises.

“We noticed two out of the three guests had left before we discovered the body, so we felt the third one could still be around. That was when we began searching the premises and in the process saw him trying to run towards the gate. He was later apprehended,” the staff said.

Daniel, who was reportedly beaten by an angry mob after his arrest, allegedly confessed that he and his friends had planned the murder for ritual purposes.

“He confessed while he was being beaten that he had conspired with his two other friends to kill her for ritual purposes,” the source added.

The victim, identified as Endurance from Akwa Ibom State, was found with multiple stab wounds.

The police spokesperson Benjamin Hundeyin, said the hotel manager reported the incident to Ayobo Police Station on Friday.

“The manager of a hotel situated at Ayobo came to the station and reported that at about 1 pm on Thursday, one Amos Daniel (male), whose house address is unknown, booked a room in his hotel and checked in at about 5 pm together with his friends,” Hundeyin said.

“However, at about 8 pm, while the complainant was fuelling the hotel generator, he suddenly heard a strange noise coming from Amos Daniel’s room.

“In a bid to inquire about the cause of the noise, he sighted the lifeless body of a female adult in a pool of her blood with various injuries inflicted on her by a suspected sharp object.

“Amos Daniel and his cohorts fled the scene. The manager pursued and apprehended Amos Daniel, during which a dagger suspected to have been used in committing the heinous crime fell from his body.”

“Consequent upon preliminary investigation, the following exhibits were recovered from the house and premises of Amos Daniel: UTC axe, cutlass, machete, jack knives, laptop, service jungle boot, local sponge, and a big pair of scissors.

“The corpse has been evacuated and deposited at Mainland General Hospital, Yaba mortuary for preservation and autopsy. Both the case file, exhibits, and the suspect have been transferred to SCID Yaba for discreet investigation,” he added.

KanyiDaily had also reported that a police officer in Ekiti State was arrested after allegedly stabbing a man during a confrontation at his home over a girlfriend in Ise-Ekiti.