The Lagos State police have launched a manhunt for a man
suspected to have murdered his lover at a hotel on Prince Adeyemi Street,
Ikotun, Lagos.
It was learnt that the suspect, whose name had yet to be
ascertained, had lodged in a room in the hotel, Taola Hotel – with his
girlfriend around 9.30pm on Friday.
He was said to have paid for one hour which was supposed
to elapse around 10.30pm.
Workers of the facility, however, became worried when it
was 12am and the guests did not check out of the hotel.The manager of the
hotel, identified only as Ahmadu, was said to have gone to check the room only
to discover that the woman was dead, while the suspect had fled.
Ahmadu reported the case at the Ikotun Police Division,
while the remains of the victim were deposited in a morgue. A resident of the
area, Jibola Adesina, said no one could explain how the suspect escaped from
the hotel.
He said, “The police came to remove the corpse. No one
can say how the man managed to escape from the hotel because it has only one
entrance.” Another resident, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the man
had said he wanted to buy something outside the hotel and fled afterwards,
adding that the management suspected something was wrong when he did not
return.
“I learnt from one of the workers in the hotel that the
man came out of the room around 10pm. He said he wanted to buy something
outside. He left, but did not return. It was when they waited in vain for his
lover to step out that they decided to go into the room. She was found dead,”
he said.
A worker of the hotel, who spoke on condition of
anonymity, told our correspondent during a visit to the area on Sunday that
the incident “shook everyone”.
He said, “It was unfortunate. They just came to spend a
short time together. That was why their details were not taken. The case was
reported to the police.”
The Police Public Relations Officer, SP Dolapo Badmos,
said the police were investigating the incident.
Meanwhile, the Lagos State Police has begun investigations
into the sudden death of a hotel worker, identified as Ifunanya Eke.
Our correspondent gathered that Eke was found dead in a
room last Tuesday at the Top Suite Hotel and Kitchen on Tunde Odeyemi Street,
Ikotun. The hotel management was said to have reported the case at the Ikotun
Police Division.
A police source said only an autopsy would determine the
true cause of her death. The PPRO, Badmos, said policemen from the Ikotun
division examined and photographed the scene, adding that there were no violent
marks on the corpse.
Source: The Punch
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