A Nigerian lady identified simply as Maureen Ewuru was found dead in a hotel room after allegedly spending the night with her lover.

The unfortunate incident took place at the River State Hotel in the South-South region of Nigeria. The said lover is currently at large and his identity is yet to be determined.

While recounting the incident, the hotel receptionist revealed that Mrs. Maureen Ewuru had visited the hotel the previous day to meet her lover.

According to hotel staff, the hotel management only became aware of the sad development when they went through the hotel rooms that were still occupied and asked if the residents would keep it for the following night, only to find the victim’s body lying lifeless on the bed with clues that she had died of strangulation.

The perpetrator is said to have fled the hotel premises in the early hours of the morning after strangling the lady.

However, there is no hope of getting the suspect to book as the hotel has no security cameras, making it difficult if not impossible to identify the perpetrator.

Some onlookers and hotel residents, reacting to the sad development, feared that Maureen had been murdered for ritual purposes. They called on the government to enact a law requiring all hotels and other public entrances to install surveillance cameras in order to facilitate the work of security officials easier in investigating such crimes.

In a piece of related news, Neighbors of a woman who died last week Friday at a hotel in Ikotun, Lagos state, have disclosed what happened shortly before her death.

They said the deceased, who was identified simply as Iya Ginika, had left home around 9 p.m. that day and told her husband that she wanted to visit a friend in the neighborhood.

The residents told our correspondent on Tuesday that the woman, in her 50s, said she wanted to collect something from her friend’s house.

They added that they were shocked when news broke that she was found dead at the Taola Hotel on Prince Adeyemi Street, Ikotun.

The deceased resided at K&S Street, Abaranje Road – a few kilometers from the hotel. PUNCH Metro reported on Monday that the woman and her lover stayed at the hotel around 9:30 p.m. on Friday and paid for an hour.

However, the workers in the hotel became concerned when it was 12 o’clock morning the next day and the lovers did not leave.

One of the workers was said to have entered the room and found out that the woman has died while her lover had fled. The matter was reported to the Ikotun Division police immediately.

A neighbor of the deceased told PUNCH Metro on Tuesday that she lied to her husband, identified simply as Henry, that she was going to visit a friend who lived on Prince Adeyemi Street. (Continue reading)