Some gunmen on Sunday afternoon stormed a hotel, La-Paz Guest House,
located in the Utan area of the Jos North Local Government Area of
Plateau State, killing a guest.
Our correspondent learnt that the gunmen stormed the hotel around 2pm
when some of the guests were relaxing. They (the robbers) reportedly
shot indiscriminately and later killed a man.
The gunmen were said to have left immediately without taking anything along with them.
The corpse of the victim was said to have been deposited at the
Plateau State Specialist Hospital, Jos, while men of the Criminal
Investigation Department had commenced investigation into the matter.
The Plateau State Police Public Relations Officer, Tyopev Terna, who
confirmed the story, however, said the police were working on the theory
that it was not armed robbery but culpable homicide.
He said that that the police arrived at this conclusion because the
unknown gunmen just walked into the hotel and went straight where the
victim was seated with a group of friends, shot him point-blank and left
without taking even his handset.
Terna said, “It was not really a marked robbery attack because the
gunmen did not take anything after killing their target. We are
suspecting culpable homicide and the incident is being investigated.”
He added that the case was reported to the police by the manager of the hotel, John Ogah.
Culled – ViewPoint