A young lady identified as Chinyere Awuda was allegedly beaten to death by fun seekers in a club inside Cosmila Hotel in Awka, the Anambra State capital.
According
to the Nigerian Tribune, the lady who hails from Nnobi, in Idemmili South Local
Government Area of Anambra State, was beaten to death for allegedly stealing
bundles of cash being sprayed on a birthday celebrant.
Her body
was found in the swimming pool of the hotel on Sunday morning, July 16, 2023,
where she was dumped after being lynched by a popular clubber, and his friends.
One of the
clubbers accused her of picking money which the fun seekers were spraying on
their friend who was a birthday celebrant.
A regular
clubber at Cosmila Hotel told reporters that: “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 be picking and pocketing them. Because men are
already drunk in clubs, the girls get away with the money. I was not in the
club last weekend, but I heard that the girl went for money that someone kept
by his seat side, which he was getting prepared to go and spray. That was what
happened,”
It was
gathered that despite efforts made by other people in the club to rescue the
girl, they continued to beat and molest her.
She was
later dragged outside the club, and her lifeless body was dumped into the
hotel’s swimming pool.
Spokesperson
of the State Police Command, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, who confirmed the incident,
said the birthday celebrant and his friends have been arrested while the case
is being investigated.
“Contrary
to what people are saying about the complicity of Cosmila Hotel, we were
assisted by the management of the hotel, to arrest the suspects. Investigation
is still ongoing,” the PPRO added.
"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,” a source
told the publication.
The
Anambra state police command has said that investigations carried out so far,
show that the young lady identified as Chinyere Awuda who died in a club inside
Cosmila Hotel in Awka, the Anambra State capital last weekend, drowned in the
swimming pool where her body was found on July 17.
It was
alleged that Ms Awuda was beaten to death by some fun seekers at the hotel who
accused her of stealing money sprayed on someone at the hotel who was
celebrating a birthday anniversary.
However, a
statement released by the spokesperson of the state police command, DSP
Tochukwu Ikenga, says the pathologist that carried out an autopsy on Ms.
Awuda's body did not find any trauma marks on her to indicate that she was
beaten to death. Ikenga added that the autopsy indicated that Ms. Awuda died
from drowning.
’On 17th
July 2023, the body of a young lady later identified as Miss Chinyere Awuda was
found in an abandoned swimming pool within the premises of Cosmila Hotel
located at No.10 Cosmila Close, off old INEC
road by Regina Caeli Junction, Awka.
It was
alleged that the deceased was beaten to death by some persons who had an event
at the hotel the previous night. She was
accused of pilfering some of the Naira Notes allegedly sprayed on the
celebrant.
In the
course of the Police investigation, the celebrant was arrested for questioning
while the corpse was recovered and deposited at the morgue for autopsy.
Contrary
to claims that the deceased was beaten to death, the pathologist found no sign
of trauma on the body.
The
autopsy report indicated that Drowning was the cause of death.
This
finding was in tandem with claims that the lady ran away when accosted and
every effort made to find her that night was futile.
It would
appear that she fell into the abandoned swimming pool and drowned.
Commissioner
of Police, Anambra State Command, *CP Aderemi Adeoye* has directed that the
case file be forwarded to the Attorney General for vetting and legal advice.
Any
further development will be communicated to the public in due course, please.''
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