Man Dies Inside Pool At A Popular Hotel

CYRIACUS IZUEKWE

The police at Ajao Estate, Lagos has arrested the manager of a popular hotel identified as Billy Osagie over the death a young man inside the hotel’s swimming pool.

The incident happened on Saturday morning at Heritage Hotel located at Isolo Road at Ajao Estate, Lagos.

P.M.EXPRESS gathered that the manager, Mr. Osagie was alleged to have said that the victim got drown inside the pool because he went there within the time it was not permitted and as such he was liable for his death.

It was also gathered that when he was evacuated from the pool, he was still alive but the management had no facility to take him to any hospital in the area until he died eventually.

The manager’s statement angered the deceased relations and friends and they started destroying properties in the hotel before the police intervened.

P.M.EXPRESS scooped that the victim who the police was yet to disclose his identity went with his friends to the hotel for a party and early in the morning at about 4.00am he was found dead inside the pool.

What could have caused his death was not yet known as the autopsy report was not yet out. But some said that it might be that the victim was drunk and fell inside the pool, while others believed he could have been murdered and thrown inside the pool.

When our correspondent visited Ajao Police Division, Osagie was seen detained there and the management was making effort to have him released from custody.

The Divisional Police Officer, DPO, was not in the office to comment on the matter. However, sources at the police station confirmed the incident and said that the police has since commenced investigation into the incident.

At the hotel one of the supervisors simply identified as Samuel confirmed the death and said that it was a case of accident and denied the claim of murder. He explained that the management had set of rules guiding the use of the swimming pool which was between 7am to 6pm and anybody using the pool was at his own risk as stated in the notice board beside the pool.

He said that the management did not take him to the hospital because they did not anticipate that any customer would use the pool at that period. He added that when the management saw what happened, the victim was rushed to the hospital where doctors confirmed him dead.

P.M.EXPRESS also found out that the pool was opened up again for use few hours after the corpse of the victim was evacuated and deposited at the mortuary for autopsy report.