The
nephew of Nigeria’s first lady has drowned in the swimming pool of Agura Hotel
Abuja.
Here
is a petition written by the office of Barr Festus Keyamo,solicitors to the
deceased family.
We are
solicitors to Madam Esther Ebiere Gbonkumor and the entire Awin Family. They
have briefed us as follows:
That on 7th
June, 2014, their son, Mr. Christopher Onoriode Akpomowei Awin, a 31-year old
Nigerian citizen, was invited to a picnic by the Ijaw Students’ Association of
the University of Abuja as part of the celebration of their cultural week. That
picnic held at Agura Hotels in Abuja. We were informed that sometime at about 4:00pm,
the picnic came to an end and all the members of the Association left for the
University of Abuja Campus and their various residences in Gwagwalada, Abuja.
However, Mr. Christopher Awin stayed behind for some swimming exercise.
However, in a
most bizarre twist of events, Mr. Christopher Awin was found drowned to death
in the swimming pool of Agura Hotels at about 6:00pm later that day and
officers of the Garki Division of the Nigerian Police were called in. A post
mortem has been carried out by a certified consultant pathologist who confirmed
that his death was as a result of drowning and further added that if the victim
had received help within five minutes of being submerged, he would have
survived.
Our enquiries
have shown that there were two life guards on duty at the pool who curiously
left their duty post on flimsy excuses. Further enquiries also revealed that
there was a busy Bar beside the swimming pool. Inspite of the expected
attendant staff presence, the body of the victim was not found until over one
hour after he had drowned.
The queries
that arise from the foregoing set of facts are as follows:
1. Why did the life guards charged with the sensitive
responsibility of safe guarding guests abandon their duty post for so long?
2. Why would the Agura Hotels leave a guest in a public swimming
pool unattended to for so long?
3. Was there no bartender at the Bar adjoining the swimming pool
for so long a time?
4. Why did the Police hasten to reopen the swimming pool (as a
crime scene) that was initially sealed for investigations?
5. Why has no member of staff of the Agura Hotels as well as the
Agura Hotels been charged for culpable homicide till date?
We are
respectfully inviting you to employ your good offices in ordering a full
Coroner’s Inquest for the purpose of resolving the foregoing queries and charge
all those found culpable to court.
We repose
confidence in your good offices and thank you for your anticipated cooperation.
Yours
sincerely,
FESTUS KEYAMO,
ESQ.
Head of Chambers
He is enjoying the stolen money from patience Jonathan . May his gentle soul rest in peace.
ReplyDelete@ Victor God punish u
ReplyDeleteAnonymous 4:58 , God damage your generation in million folds. What is your buisiness?
DeleteThey should investigate well any learner can nt hv d courage 2 be in d pool did he go 2 d pool alone
ReplyDeletewhats our biznes wit his drowning. Ckn. Plz. Wil his death bring devlpmnt 2 us? Or is it our problem?
ReplyDeleteHe was equally a human being like everyone of us dat he was patience's nephew dint make him any different so respect d dead.
ReplyDeleteMay his soul rest in perfect peace. Amen. This is a case of neglect by the guards who were paid to do a job. In an ideal world the hotel should have been a crime scene and remained closed till all police investigation have been completed. But we are talking about Nigeria here, a country infected with corruption and gross incompetence on the part of politicians
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