One Adegboye James, has been declared wanted by the police for allegedly killing a lady in a hotel in Ilorin, Kwara state.

According to a statement signed by the state Command’s Public Relations Officer, Ajayi Okasanmi, the suspect who is now at large, allegedly committed the murder 3 weeks ago.

James who came to a hotel located at Adewole Housing Estate, Ilorin, on May 27, 2021, with the deceased, gave the hotel a fake address; Okelowo Street, Ede, Osun State.

The police said the suspect cannot be traced because of the fake address, however a man hunt and investigation has commenced to apprehend the culprit.

The statement read;

“On May 28, 2021, around 7.30pm, we responded to a call from one Olalekan Anafi, the supervisor of Premium Diamond Hotel, in the Adewole area of Ilorin that on May 27, 2021, around 2pm, one Adegboye James, lodged at their hotel.

“The said Adegboye James went out and came back with a lady.  The said Adegboye James later checked out of the hotel without the knowledge of any of the hotel staff.

“In the morning of the following day when nothing was heard from the room occupied by the said lodger, a spare key was used to open the room and the hotel was confronted by the dead body of the lady.

“Investigation into the incident is already at an advanced stage as ordered by the Commissioner of Police, Kwara State, CP Mohammed Bagega, to arrest the lodger whose name and address as reflected in the hotel’s logbook is fake.”

Okasanmi called on members of the public whose daughter or female relation was missing since May 28, 2021, to check the Homicide Section of the State Criminal Investigation Department for possible identification of the corpse.