By Anthony Uwadiegwu
The lifeless body of a yet-to-be-identified lady has been recovered by the Police in a hotel room in Calabar, the Cross River State Capital.

This Nigeria gathered that the incident occurred at a popular Guest House (name withheld) located at Clement Ebri Drive, State Housing Estate, Calabar.

According to impeccable sources the deceased walked into the hotel with a man who is now at large suggesting he was at the scene during the time of her death.

When This Nigeria contacted the police public Relations Officer of the state Command, SP Irene Ugbo, she confirmed the incident stressing that the identity of the deceased was yet unknown.

Ugbo added that they had to arrest some staff of the hotel who were on duty during the time of the incident for interrogation.

“We are aware of the incident and the story is true.A man and a woman lodged in a hotel and the woman was later found dead. We are investigating the matter.

“From our preliminary findings, we discovered that the partner to the deceased told the hotel staff that he wanted to go and use the ATM very close to the Muritala Mohammed Highway but never came back.

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“The staff of the hotel who were on duty became suspicious when they waited for over three hours and the man never returned, they decided to check the room , that was when they discovered that the lady was dead and they raised the alarm.

“We had to arrest seven staff of the hotel who were on duty when the guests came into their facility. We arrested them because we need them to produce the contact of thier guest in a bid to get to the root of the matter.

” This should be a note of warning to hoteliers in the state to sit up as it concerns data collection and record keeping , security is everyone’s business.

” We are already on the trail of the absconded lover , I can assure the public that he would be apprehend as soon as possible,” she said .