By Ganiyu Mubarak
Copyright theeagleonline
The management of Sunview Hotel, Akure, the Ondo State capital, has addressed the disappearance of a guest, who is a Vice Principal, Olaloye Olatunde.
The General Manager of the hotel, Kenneth Ekpeyong, who addressed newsmen, described the situation as “unfortunate and deeply concerning”.
Ekpeyong said Sunview Hotel “has nothing to hide” and has reported the matter to the police, with the Department of State Services (DSS) and other security agencies joining in the search for Olatunde.
According to him, Olatunde was among 58 participants who lodged at the hotel for a one-week programme from August 24 to 30, 2025.
He explained that CCTV footage showed he was last seen on August 28, 2025 leaving his room and walking out of the premises.
He said: “The guest in question came for a programme along with others.
“Fifty-eight participants came in for the programme, which started on Sunday and was supposed to end on Saturday.
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“The sessions in the hall ran from Monday to Friday.
”By Friday, the last day of the programme, we approached the organiser to hold a forum where we could receive feedback on our service delivery.
“All the CCTV footage has been made available to the police.
“It clearly shows the guest pacing frequently before he left.”
Ekpeyong noted that staff of the hotel realised on Friday that Olatunde had not cleared his bills.
He said: “While settling the bills, our front office manager discovered that only one participant had not signed his bill.
“On inquiry, a lady said the person was not around that Friday.
”On Saturday, we got in touch with the programme organiser, noting that the participant had not checked out of the hotel.
“The organiser instructed that his belongings be removed from the room and kept safely in housekeeping, to avoid extra charges, so that he could collect them whenever he returned.
“Nobody thought much about it again until Sunday when the missing man’s brother came to ask after him.
“That was when we became worried.
“We immediately contacted the programme organiser, and it was confirmed that the missing man was the same person who had not signed his bill.
“By Monday, we held a meeting on what to do.
“We advised the organisers to report the matter to the police since they brought the participants, but they declined.
“When they failed to cooperate, we took the step of going to the police ourselves, only to discover that the family had already reported the case.”
Ekpeyong said the hotel petitioned the police through the office of the Assistant Inspector General of Police.
The case was then referred to the Ondo State Police Command for proper handling.
The GM said: “The matter was then assigned to the anti-kidnapping unit, while the Department of State Services also launched an independent probe.
“We want to make it clear that we have formally complained and there is evidence of our written petition to the police.”
