A chef, Joshua Usulor, has been arrested by operatives of the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly killing a 34-year-old lawyer, Feyitayo Obot, who came to Lagos for a business meeting and lodged at a hotel in Opebi, Ikeja area of the state.
Usulor, in a bid to get money to clear his outstanding indebtedness to the hotel, allegedly sneaked into Obot’s room and in the process of robbing her, killed the lawyer.
The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, CSP Chike Oti, said investigation into Obot’s murder led to the arrest of Usulor, who ran away from the hotel premises after perpetrating the crime.
Oti said, “On January 26, 2019, the Lagos State Police Command received a report that one Feyitayo Obot, 34, was gruesomely murdered in her hotel room at Opebi, Ikeja, by one Joshua Usulor, 21. Sequel to the report, the command sent its homicide detectives to the scene of the crime, where they collected important exhibits for forensic analysis. Read more