A female lodger, identified only as Joy and said to be married with 5
kids, has been found dead in a room at the Triple F Hotel, Randle Road,
in the Apapa area of Lagos State.
It was learnt that Joy, who hailed
from Benue State, had checked into the hotel on Friday with a male
partner. However, when the woman was discovered dead, the lover had
reportedly sneaked out of the hotel.
It was learnt that the matter
was reported at the Apapa Police Division, while policemen came to
remove Joy’s corpse and deposited it in a morgue.
A resident of
Randle Road, who gave his name only as Matthew, said the hotel workers
discovered Joy’s remains when it was time for her to check out of the
hotel and they did not see her.
He added that there were no sign of torture on her body to suggest unnatural death.
He said, “Joy was
a mother of five children.
She was a food seller. She ran a restaurant close to the Police Complex in Apapa. She was married to a man from Enugu State.
“The
hotel workers on Friday, during the time Joy was to check out, went to
her room to remind her. The door was locked and they knocked on the
door. After several knocks and no answer, they forced the door of the
room open. They were shocked to find her dead. “They raised the alarm
and the matter was reported at the police station. The woman had come to
the hotel with a partner.”
When our correspondent reached out to the manager of the hotel on the
telephone, the man, who did not give his name, declined comment on the
incident. Our correspondent learnt from a police source that the police
had invited the hotel workers on duty as investigation had started to
unravel the cause of Joy’s death.
It was gathered that the police had
also launched a manhunt for the lover who came to the hotel with Joy.
The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Dolapo Badmos,
confirmed the incident.
She, however, said the police found marks of torture on Joy’s body.
She said, “The
female lodger died while she was with the fleeing suspect. There were
marks of violence on her body. The corpse has been deposited in a morgue
for autopsy while investigation is ongoing to track the suspect.”
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