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Police Nab Lagos Hotel Manager Over Woman’s Death
Lagos State Police Command has detained a hotel manager in Dopemu area over the death of a woman who allegedly came to their facility with an unknown man.
The Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this on Sunday.
Hundeyin said the Dopemu Police Division received report from the hotel manager on Friday at about 10.10 p.m. on the incident.
He said the manager reported that at about 9.30 p.m. on same day, a man walked into the hotel with a lady to have a short rest.
According to him, the identity of the man and the lady was, however, not taken by the hotel manager.
“He stated further that after an hour, the lady rushed out claiming she is feeling hot, the manager said he gave her cold water to drink.
“The manager said the lady was still not feeling better and was later taken to a hospital at Dopemu Road, where she later gave up the ghost, while the man that brought her to the hotel absconded.
“Meanwhile, the manager of the hotel is detained to help in investigation. The corpse has been deposited at Mainland General Hospital mortuary Yaba for autopsy, ” he said.
Hundeyin said that investigation was ongoing to unravel the cause of death and trace the identity of the deceased, and also arrest the man that brought her to the hotel.
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