A female student of Babcock University, Busayo Ogunkoya has been shot dead by a security guard at a popular hotel in Ikorodu, Lagos State.
Busayo, 22, had accompanied her boyfriend to a birthday party at Mambillah Hotel in Ikorodu.
A security guard who was drunk and handling a gun reportedly accidentally shot Busayo in the neck. The victim was rushed tot he hospital where she was pronounced dead.
Sources narrated to PUNCH, “The incident happened on Saturday night when Busayo and her friends were having a party.
“She did not know the person celebrating, but she was invited to the party by her boyfriend.
“The party was going on fine until the security man, who was holding a gun which he claimed he had seized from some robbers, mishandled the gun and fired a bullet which hit Busayo. The guard was said to be drunk.”
Police arrested the guard, the boyfriend and the hotel’s assistant manager.
A Police spokesman said, “Yes the incident happened. The girl was in the hotel and the security man opened fire on her. Nobody knows his reason for doing that. The police have arrested the assistant manager of the hotel, the deceased’s boyfriend and the security man. The case has been transferred to the SCID.”