Former Super Eagles player Osaze
Odemwingie’s hotel manager has been
murdered in Benin.
The hotel is located at Erediauwa Street
off Upper Sakponba road in Benin-city.
Mr Osato Okunkpolo, the Hotel Manager
is married to a Journalist, Anita and
works for a local tabloid in Benin City.
According to sources at the hotel
revealed that the robbers gained access
to the hotel at about 9pm and shot
Okunkpola dead instantly.
But Edo Police spokesman, DSP Chidi
Nwabuzor, said Okunkpolo was hit by a
bullet in a shoot-out between two rival
cult groups.
DSP Nwabuzor said members of Eiye
and Aye engaged in a shoot-out in the
area on Sunday night.
According to him, “The incident is true.
It is also true that a murder happened at
Odemwingie’s hotel on the 17th of
February, 2019. The incident was
between two secret cults- The Aye and
Eiye cult groups.
“It was not an armed robbery incident.
The corpse has been deposited at the
Bénin Central hospital mortuary.
“Our detectives are still investigating the
incident.”
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