Details
of how a woman died last Friday in a hotel in Ikotun, has been revealed .
They
said the deceased, who was identified only as Iya Ginika, had left home around
9pm on the day, telling her husband that she wanted to visit a friend in the
neighbourhood.
The
residents said on Tuesday that the woman, in her 50s, had claimed that she
wanted to collect something from the friend.
They
added that they were shocked when news filtered in that she was found dead in
Taola Hotel on Prince Adeyemi Street, Ikotun.
The
deceased lived on K & S Street, Abaranje Road – a few kilometres from the
hotel.
It had been reported
on Monday that the woman and her lover had stayed in the hotel around 9.30pm on
Friday and paid to spend an hour.
However,
workers of the hotel became apprehensive when it was 12am the following day and
the lovers did not check out.
One
of the workers was said to have entered the room to discover that the woman was
dead while her lover had fled.
The
case was reported to the police at the Ikotun division.
A
neighbour of the deceased said on Tuesday that she had lied to her husband,
identified simply as Henry, that she wanted to visit a friend who lived on
Prince Adeyemi Street.
The
neighbour, who did not want her name in print, said she was shocked when she
learnt that the woman died in the hotel.
She
said, “Around 9pm on Friday, she told her husband that she wanted to visit a
friend on the street where the hotel is located. The husband and her children
became confused when she did not return.
“It
was the following day when the news of her death was broken that the husband
realised he had lied to him. She was about 50 years old.
“Her
husband is a motorcyclist and he tries his best to provide for the family. She
used to run a lotto shop but later stopped. She sold fish and soup ingredients
before her death,” he added.
When
contacted, the deceased’s husband, Henry, who spoke on the telephone, said she
would be buried later this month. He, however, declined comments when asked
where her late wife told him he was going on the day.'
“She
suffered from high blood pressure before her death. We will bury her later this
month,” he said.
But
the deceased’s daughter, who collected the phone from her father, said the
family did not want to dwell on the incident in order to protect its image.
“We
don’t want to be discussing this matter. We have our future to protect and we
don’t want the incident to destroy the image of the family. Please, don’t call
this number again,” she added.
The
Lagos State Police Command spokesperson, SP Dolapo Badmos, said the police were
still on the trail of the fleeing lover.
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