From Ifeoma Ejiofor
Anambra State Police Command on Thursday says the suspected killers of a lady who was accused of theft by fun-seekers in an undisclosed hotel have been arrested.
The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) for the command, Tochukwu Ikenga(DSP), started in a press statement.
Ikenga said that the birthday celebrant and his friends, who allegedly beaten the lady to death before dumping her into the hotel’s swimming pool, are in police custody while the case is being investigated.
A source said that the slain young lady, identified as Chinyere Awuda, was last weekend beaten to death by fun seekers in a club inside Cosmila Hotel in Awka, Anambra State.
The lady, who was said to be from Nnobi, in Idemili South LGA of the state, was found dead in the hotel’s swimming pool on Sunday morning, where she was allegedly dumped after being beaten to death.
The young lady was accused of picking from the money which the friends of the celebrants were spraying on him.
A source said, “One of the clubbers accused her of picking money which the fun seekers were spraying on their friend who was a birthday celebrant.
“Some others said she did not only pick money but went for bundles of money, which a clubber stacked by his seat side, waiting to spray on the celebrant.
“Some of these girls just dress up and come to the club and begin to pick money. While you’re spraying your friends, these girls will just pick and pocket the money,” a source commented to the reporters.
Another source claimed that despite efforts made by other people in the club to rescue the girl, they continued to beat and molest her.
She said the accused lady was dragged outside the club, and her lifeless body was dumped into the hotel’s swimming pool.
Several respondents who spoke with journalists in Awka condemned the celebrants and his friends for taking laws into their own hands.
Meanwhile, the Anambra State Commissioner for Culture, Tourism and Entertainment, Mr. Don Onyeji, in a statement, said that the government has sealed up Cosmilla Hotel.