A popular socialite and hotelier has been killed by unknown persons suspected to be assassins in Akure, Ondo State capital.
The hotel owner, Adesoji Adeleye, was stabbed to death in one of the rooms of his Klazz Five Hotel situated in Arakale axis of Akure metropolis.
The armed men were said to have sneaked into the hotel where Adeleye slept over after which they stabbed him.
The men were said to have overpowered the hotelier and stabbed him severally before he died, leaving him in the pool of his blood.
A close associate of the deceased revealed that he was with Adeleye on Monday night with a promise to meet again today but expressed surprise over the killing of his friend of many years.
A source within the community, however, said the incident was reported to the police while detectives from the State Police Command visited the scene of the incident.
Confirming the incident, the State Police Public Relations Officer, (PPRO) Alayande Olayinka, said, “We have sent a team of detectives to the place and we are on the trail of the perpetrators and as soon as we apprehend them, they will be brought to book.”