{"id":98500,"date":"2019-02-18T22:05:40","date_gmt":"2019-02-18T21:05:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newmail-ng.com\/?p=98500"},"modified":"2019-02-18T22:05:40","modified_gmt":"2019-02-18T21:05:40","slug":"odemwingies-hotel-manager-murdered-in-benin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmail-ng.com\/odemwingies-hotel-manager-murdered-in-benin\/","title":{"rendered":"Odemwingie\u2019s hotel manager murdered in Benin"},"content":{"rendered":"
Armed robbers on Sunday night killed the manager of a hotel belonging to Nigeria\u2019s ex-international footballer, Osaze Odemwingie, located at Erediauwa Street off Upper Sakponba road in Benin-city.<\/p>\n
The Hotel Manager, Osato Okunkpolo is married to a Journalist, Anita and works for a local tabloid in B\u00e9nin City.<\/p>\n
Sources at the hotel said the robbers gained access to the hotel at about 9pm and shot Okunkpola dead instantly.<\/p>\n
But Edo Police spokesman, DSP Chidi Nwabuzor, said Okunkpolo was hit by a bullet in a shoot-out between two rival cult groups.<\/p>\n
DSP Nwabuzor said members of Eiye and Aye engaged in a shoot-out in the area on Sunday night.<\/p>\n
According to him, \u201cThe incident is true. It is also true that a murder happened at Odemwingie\u2019s hotel on the 17th of February, 2019. The incident was between two secret cults- The Aye and Eiye cult groups.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was not an armed robbery incident. The corpse has been deposited at the B\u00e9nin Central hospital mortuary. Our detectives are still investigating the incident.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Armed robbers on Sunday night killed the manager of a hotel belonging to Nigeria\u2019s ex-international footballer, Osaze Odemwingie, located at Erediauwa Street off Upper Sakponba road in Benin-city. The Hotel Manager, Osato Okunkpolo is married to a Journalist, Anita and works for a local tabloid in B\u00e9nin City. Sources at the hotel said the robbers […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":95,"featured_media":98501,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[332,47997],"yoast_head":"\n