Pandemonium in Lokoja as man dies in hotel’s swimming pool

There was pandemonium in Lokoja, the Kogi state capital, as a young man identified as Mohammed Suberu, died in the swimming pool of one of the foremost hotels in the town.

The body of the man was said to have been found floating in the swimming pool of Idrinana Hotel, located in phase two area, Lokongoma.

Suberu was said to have gone to the hotel to swim in the morning of Monday only for his corpse to later be found floating in the pool.

The development was said to have led to chaos as security men attached to the hotel and other members of staff ran helter-skelter.

The body was later taken to the state specialist hospital, Lokoja, where he was confirmed dead.

But the atmosphere became tensed when friends and colleagues of the deceased invaded the premises of the hotel to protest the death of Suberu.

The youths, who recalled that similar event happened in the same hotel last year when a middle aged man drowned in the swimming pool, were said to have attacked the workers and property of the hotel in anger.

The development led to the deployment of detachment of policemen to the hotel to prevent further breakdown of law and order.

However, the General Manager of the hotel, Audu Alhassan, said he could not speak on the incident until he got clearance from the Chairman, who was a member of the Kogi state house of assembly.

He confirmed that the issued was being handled by the police, claiming that such occurrence was not peculiar to the hotel.

The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Kogi state command, William Anya, while confirming the development, said the police had already commenced investigation over the death of Suberu.

He said when the friends of the deceased mobilised to attack the hotel, the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) led his men to the scene to out the situation under control.