Businessman assassinated inside hotel in Ondo 

Unknown Gunmen suspected to be assassins have murdered a man identified as Babatunde Adeluka Olubasa in a popular hotel in Ijapo area of Akure, Ondo state capital .

It was gathered that Olubasa was shot dead inside the hotel premises where he lodged on boxing day after being trailed to the hotel by the three armed men.

Eyewitness account said the victim was shot at the bar of the hotel where he relaxed to take a drink.

A source said the killing of Babatunde was a clear case of someone who had been targeted.

The source said after shooting him, they also descended on him with a small axe to completely snuff life out of him.

Spokesman of the state police command, Tee-Leo Ikoro, said it was a case of assassination.

Ikoro said the state Commissioner of Police, Bolaji Salami, has ordered full scale investigation into the killing.

Staffers of the Hotel at Ijapo area in Akure have fled for fear of being arrested after the murder of the businessman.

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