Man Dies Spending The Night With Mistress In Hotel

When Lukman Olayiwola fixed a rendezvous with his mistress on Sunday, he obviously didn't know it was going to be their last one. The 45 year old businessman gave up the ghost early yesterday morning while with his mistress in an Ibadan hotel. According to reports, the late Olayiwola (45) checked into the hotel, situated at the Alakia area of the Oyo State capital, around 9pm, on Sunday with his mistress,simply identified as Bidemi (35). They arrived at the hotel in a cab, which picked them up from Iwo Road. The story has it that the late Olayiwola suddenly started vomiting around 2am and Bidemi attended to him and then went back to bed when he appeared stable. However, around 5am, Olayiwola began to gasp for breath and subsequently died. Bidemi was said to have raised the alarm and the hotel workers reported the incident to the police. Olayiwola's body has been deposited at the morgue of the University College Hospital (UCH). Police spokesperson Olabisi Ilobanafor confirmed the incident.She said the manager of the hotel reported the case around 10am. Ilobanafor said Bidemi was arrested for interrogation. She reportedly said: "The suspect explained that the deceased was based in Lagos and she is based in Ibadan. She said they agreed to meet at Iwo Road around 8pm, from where they were conveyed to the hotel." Ilobanafor, a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), said the deceased's body has been taken to UCH for autopsy. She said Bidemi is still being grilled for useful information.

47-year-old Man Stabs Wife To Death In Edo Over Missing Passbook, Land Document

Men of the Edo State Police Command have arrested a 47-year-old farmer, Mr. Godwin Idon, for allegedly killing his 40-year-old wife of 14 years, Maris, over the sudden disappearance of his bank passbook and a land document intheir apartment. Parading Idon and 40 other suspects before journalists in Benin, Edo State police commissioner, Foluso Adebanjo, said the sad incident occurred on July 26, at Uzeba community in Owan West Local Government Area of the state. According to him, the suspect hadaccused his wife of stealing the land document and the bank particulars, an allegation the woman allegedly denied to the chagrin of Idon, who allegedly pounced on his wife, reached out for a knife and stab her to death. Among other suspects paraded were three men said to be the kidnappers of the three female teachers in Ekemwan community,Ovia North East Local Governmentarea of the State. The teachers, Mrs. Patience Osadolor, Momodu Aisha and Patience Oroghene who were abducted at gunpoint in Orhogbua Primary School, Ekenwan village, during school hours, were released by their abductors after 14 days in captivity and the payment of N5 million ransom. The police commissioner also disclosed that about a hundredsuspected criminals have been arrested in the State within the last two months. "People ask; what is the police doing? We are doing a lot quietly,because we would not want to jeopardize the lives of kidnap victims," Adebanjo said.