Homicide
detectives attached to the State Criminal Investigation Department
(SCID), Panti, Yaba, have launched investigation into the death of a
hotel guest at the Owode Onirin area of Lagos State.
According to the New Telegraph, the deceased, identified as Taye Kamali, 19, for unknown reasons, decided to take a swim in a pool that is still under construction and got drowned.
The incident occurred on January 11. The hotel management alleged that unnamed enemies, who wanted the newly opened hotel to fail, were behind the tragic incident.
A manager in the hotel said: “The swimming pool in question is still under construction. How can someone die in a swimming pool that is under construction?
Our enemies are at work. They want to discredit the image of the owner of the hotel.”
New Telegraph noted: "It was gathered that the owner of the hotel (name withheld) is a popular radio/television presenter, music producer and lately a politician. The management believed whatever transpired, leading to the death of the guest, might have been the work of political enemies of the owner. “The victim and his friends, about four of them, came to the hotel to drink and relax.
After taking some bottles of beer, the deceased left his friends and went to the pool to swim. He drowned in the pool,” an employee of the hotel said. It was also gathered that the hotel attendants were busy attending to other customers and did not know when Kamali jumped into the pool and drowned. It was also learnt that the tragic incident occurred barely a year after the hotel started operation.
A source in the community told our correspondent that the deceased was a resident of the area who just returned from Ilorin, Kwara State. The state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Kenneth Nwosu, said that investigation into the incident was still ongoing. He said: “We have already interrogated the staff and got their statements. We have all the facts we needed from the hotel. Our investigation, however, continues.”
According to the New Telegraph, the deceased, identified as Taye Kamali, 19, for unknown reasons, decided to take a swim in a pool that is still under construction and got drowned.
The incident occurred on January 11. The hotel management alleged that unnamed enemies, who wanted the newly opened hotel to fail, were behind the tragic incident.
A manager in the hotel said: “The swimming pool in question is still under construction. How can someone die in a swimming pool that is under construction?
Our enemies are at work. They want to discredit the image of the owner of the hotel.”
New Telegraph noted: "It was gathered that the owner of the hotel (name withheld) is a popular radio/television presenter, music producer and lately a politician. The management believed whatever transpired, leading to the death of the guest, might have been the work of political enemies of the owner. “The victim and his friends, about four of them, came to the hotel to drink and relax.
After taking some bottles of beer, the deceased left his friends and went to the pool to swim. He drowned in the pool,” an employee of the hotel said. It was also gathered that the hotel attendants were busy attending to other customers and did not know when Kamali jumped into the pool and drowned. It was also learnt that the tragic incident occurred barely a year after the hotel started operation.
A source in the community told our correspondent that the deceased was a resident of the area who just returned from Ilorin, Kwara State. The state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Kenneth Nwosu, said that investigation into the incident was still ongoing. He said: “We have already interrogated the staff and got their statements. We have all the facts we needed from the hotel. Our investigation, however, continues.”
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