Ayorinde Owolabi, the late hotelier Olugbenga Owolabi’s brother, has claimed that the United States of America gave the Nigerian government a deadline to find his killers.
According to Newsclick Nigeria, Olugbenga and a worker at his hotel, Rachael Opadele, were kidnapped by gunmen in Ogbomoso, Oyo State.
On August 3, they were murdered by their kidnappers.
Olugbenga, a US citizen, was said to be living in Maryland when he decided to invest in the hospitality industry in his hometown of Ogbomoso.
It was learnt that the hotel was opened in December 2021 and he was abducted and killed a few months after.
His funeral held on October 1 at the Trinity Life Church, Maryland, US.
Ayorinde, who spoke to our correspondent on Monday, said the American government asked the Department of State Services to bring his brother’s killers to justice.
He said, “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 herdsmen 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.”