The police in Calabar, the capital of Cross River State, have discovered the lifeless body of an unidentified middle-aged woman in a hotel room.
It was learnt that the incident took place in a well-known guest house (name withheld) on the State Housing Estate of Calabar’s Clement Ebri Drive.
Reliable sources claim that the dead entered the hotel with a man who is currently on the run, indicating that he was present when she died.
The police public relations officer SP Irene Ugbo verified the occurrence when called, but added that they had to detain the hotel staff members who were on duty at the time of the incident so they could be questioned.
“We are aware of the incident and the story is true. A man and a woman were lodged in a hotel and the woman was later found dead. We are investigating the matter.
“From our preliminary findings showed that the partner to the deceased told the hotel staff that he wanted to go and use the ATM very close to the Muritala Mohammed Highway but never came back.
The staff of the hotel on duty became suspicious when they waited for over three hours and the man never returned, they decided to check the room, that was when they discovered that the lady was dead and they raised the alarm.
“We had to arrest seven staff of the hotel who were on duty when the guests came into their facility. We arrested them because we need them to produce the contact of their guest in a bid to get to the root of the matter.
” This should be a note of warning to hoteliers in the state to sit up as it concerns data collection and record keeping, security is everyone’s business.
” We are already on the trail of the partner who absconded, I can assure the public that he would be apprehended as soon as possible,” she said.