The remains of a hotelier, Olugbenga Owolabi, Proprietor of Tana Suites Ogbomoso, who was abducted by gunmen and killed despite the payment of N5m ransom, has been buried in the United States of America on October 1, 2022 coinciding with Nigeria’s Independence day.
Owolabi was abducted on July 29, 2022 and killed along with his staff, a final year student of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, Rachael Opadele.
A post referencing the burial read:
“Olugbenga David Owolabi was buried yesterday in America. He was a Nigerian who migrated to America in his 20s. He came back to invest in Nigeria in his 50s. He started a farm and a hotel in Ogbomoso. A few weeks after returning to Nigeria, he was kidnapped in his hotel together with a staff of his hotel Who was out of school because of ASUU strike.
“The kidnappers demanded millions as ransom and he paid. But the kidnappers ended up killing him and his staff.
“His family in USA blamed him for allowing his love for Nigeria to lead him to an early grave. His family refused to bury him in Nigeria. They flew his body back to America and buried him on Independence day as a reminder that Nigeria is a killer of those who love her”.
