Man runs away as lover dies in Lagos hotel •Female hotel worker dead

Firstclass Newsline gathered that the police in Lagos State have
launched a manhunt for a man suspected to have murdered his lover at a
hotel on Prince Adeyemi Street, Ikotun, Lagos.
Firstclass Newsline 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 the lovers had come to have "a nice time", adding that their
details were not collected because they did not have the intention of
passing the night.
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 Command has begun investigations
into the sudden death of a hotel worker, identified as Ifunanya Eke.
Firstclass Newsline learn 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.
He said, "We were called to the incident by the management of the
hotel. They said the woman had been working with them for some time
and she retired into her room because she was on night duty. By
morning, they discovered that she didn't come out of the room and when
the door was opened, they saw that she was dead."
The PPRO, Badmos, said policemen from the Ikotun division examined and
photographed the scene, adding that there were no violent marks on the
corpse.
She said, "It is a case of sudden and unnatural death. The woman,
Ifunanya Eke, was a worker with Top Suit Hotel and Kitchen. She was
allegedly found dead in a room at the hotel where she slept that
night.
"A team of police detectives attached to the Ikotun division visited,
examined and photographed the scene. There was no trace of violence on
her body."