Man Shot Dead In A PopularHotel In Lagos

There was a gun battle on Thursday
night between yet to be identified
rival cult groups and at the end one
person was shot dead in a popular
hotel in Lagos State , western Nigeria
.
The incident which happened at
about 10 pm at a popular hotel
located in Akesan area also left
several other people injured.
The police from Igando division have
recovered the corpse of the
unidentified victim and deposited in
the mortuary for autopsy report .
P .M . NEWS gathered that a group of
young people suspected to be cult
members were in the hotel for a
meeting when members of a rival
cult group invaded the place and
shot randomly.
Both the hotel workers and the group
that was having meeting there
scampered for safety and in the
process sustained injuries while one
person lost his life.
When our reporter visited Igando
Police Station on Friday morning,
the DPO was not around to comment
on the incident.
However , sources at the station
confirmed the incident and said the
police have commenced
investigation.
At the hotel , one of the workers who
refused to identify himself ,
confirmed the incident and directed
our reporter to Igando police station
for further information.
When pressed further to ascertain
wether it was a robbery attack, he
denied it and said the people that
came did not steal any thing from
the hotel .
The Lagos State Police Public
Relations Officer , PPRO , could not
be reached as the time of filing this
report because his phone was
switched off