By Chidi Nkem
Abia State Government has sealed off a hotel in Aba, the commercial heartbeat of the state, Merry-home Hotels Limited.
The hotel is said to be located around 7up axis of Ogbor Hill and was closed following a series of allegations of criminal activities taking place within the premises of the hotel.
Disclosing the closure of the hotelto newsmen in Aba after the exercise, the state Commissioner for Information, Dr Eze Chikamnayo, said the seal off was in view of “repeated reports to security agencies about a series of deaths under questionable circumstances within the premises of the hotel”.
According to Chikamnayo, the latest one is the death of a young lady who came in with two young boys and a baby in the afternoon and as confirmed by the CCTV, the boys left with the baby in the evening without the lady only for the hotel management to break into the room around midnight and found the lady dead with her body dismembered.
Chikamnayo said that available reports to the state government revealed that there have been other incidents of death that have taken place in the hotel, especially around the swimming pool.
He re-emphasised the resolve of Governor Okezie Ikpeazu-led administration to get rid of all development that will pose a threat to the lives of Abians and its residents insisting that no responsible government would fold its arms and watch such a hotspot of crime crop up.
Chikamnayo further disclosed that everyone suspected to be involved in the incident had been arrested.
He said the case had been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department, for investigation while the hotel will remain sealed pending the time of the outcome of the investigation.
