The United States of America has given the Nigerian government a time frame to find the killers of late Olugbenga Owolabi, the ogbomoso hotelier who was kidnapped and killed after a five million naira ransom was paid.
It would be recalled that Owolabi, a US citizen, who was said to be living in Maryland, and decided to invest in hospitality business in his hometown, Ogbomoso, was kidnapped alongside a student of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Rachel Opadele, who was working at his hotel due to the ongoing ASUU strike.
Ayorinde Owolabi, the brother to the deceased hotelier, while speaking with newsmen on Monday, 3rd October, 2022, said the American government has asked the Department of State Services to bring his brother’s killers to justice.
“The American government wanted evidence and they came down here to do a post-mortem. Another post-mortem was done in the US before the burial. The case was presented at the United Nations meeting which was just concluded.
“They have given the Nigerian government a time frame to get the perpetrators; the instruction was given to the DSS office, but up till now, no arrest has been made. They already have the facts that gunmen were behind the killing.
“The American government took his body from LAUTECH back to the US. A death certificate was obtained at the LAUTECH teaching hospital and also at the Delaware State Military Hospital, USA”, Ayorinde added.
His funeral held on Saturday, October 1, 2022, at the Trinity Life Church, Maryland, United States.