Police operatives from the Lagos State Command have confirmed the arrest of a suspected cultist, Amos Daniel, popularly known as Gambit, for allegedly conspiring with two of his friends to kill his girlfriend, identified as Endurance, in a hotel for money rituals.
P.M.EXPRESS reports that the incident happened on Thursday, 17th July, 2025, in a popular hotel in Ayobo area of Lagos.
The suspect, Gambit, was said to have checked into the hotel around 5pm with some friends, while a female joined them later.
This was disclosed by the Police Public Relations Officer, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin, who confirmed that the suspect is in custody undergoing interrogation over his alleged conduct.
The image maker stated that a guest heard strange noises from their room at about 10pm, drawing the attention of others in the hotel.
The guest, identified simply as Adio, said the security unit was immediately alerted, their door was forced open and the lifeless body of the deceased was discovered.
“I checked in on Wednesday, but on that fateful evening, I started hearing a strange sound from the room beside mine. I was so curious, and by the time I later stepped out, I noticed that someone else who heard the noise had alerted a security operative, who came and said he had heard the same noise. So, he knocked, but no one responded. Then they decided to use the spare key to open the door, and that was when they found a lady lying in a pool of blood,” Adio explained.
According to the Police, the manager and other workers in the hotel quickly raised alarm after the discovery and made frantic search for the other occupants of the room, who had fled the scene but the suspect, Daniel, was caught within the premises where he went to hide.
“We noticed that two out of the three guests had left before we discovered the body, so we felt the third one could still be around. That was when we began searching the premises and in the process saw him trying to run towards the gate. He was later apprehended.”
“Daniel was said to have been beaten on the spot before the Police were invited. He confessed while he was being beaten that he had conspired with his two other friends to kill her for ritual purposes.The deceased was identified as Endurance, a native of Akwa Ibom State.”
CSP Benjamin Hundeyin explained that the matter was reported at the Ayobo Police Station on Friday by the hotel manager and the suspect was arrested and transferred to the SCID, Yaba, for further investigation.
“The manager of a hotel situated at Ayobo came to the station and reported that at about 1pm on Thursday, one Amos Daniel (male), whose house address is unknown, booked a room in his hotel and checked in at about 5 pm together with his friends.”
“However, at about 8 pm, while the complainant was fuelling the hotel generator, he suddenly heard a strange noise coming from Amos Daniel’s room. In a bid to inquire about the cause of the noise, he sighted the lifeless body of a female adult in a pool of her blood with various injuries inflicted on her by a suspected sharp object.”
“Amos Daniel and his cohorts fled the scene. The manager pursued and apprehended Amos Daniel, during which a dagger suspected to have been used in committing the heinous crime fell from his body.”
CSP Hundeyin added that a team of detectives promptly visited the scene while photographs were taken. He further stated that the Police are investigating the matter and the suspect will be charged before the Court for murder after the conclusion of investigations while efforts are being made to arrest other suspects now at large.
He further disclosed that the victim was stabbed several times on the stomach, left side of the head, and upper side of her ribs.
“Consequent upon preliminary investigation, the following exhibits were recovered from the room and premises of Amos Daniel: UTC axe, cutlass, machete, jack knives, laptop, service jungle boot, local sponge, and a big pair of scissors.”
“The corpse has been evacuated and deposited at Mainland General Hospital, Yaba, mortuary for preservation and autopsy. Both the case file, exhibits, and the suspect have been transferred to SCID, Yaba, for discreet investigation,” he added.