SUDDEN DEATH: Anambra State Police Command Diary

On the 24/2/2020 at about 0:3am,the manager of Plus view hotel in Onitsha reported at Central Police Station, Onitsha that one Paul Okwudili ‘m’ aged about 40years of Ogboliolosi off Awka Road Inland town Onitsha allegedly took a lady   to the hotel and lodged.

Minutes later the lady came out shouting for help and the hotel management who went to the room and discovered the man grasping for breath rushed him to St. Charles Borromeo Hospital Onitsha for medical attention where the victim was later confirmed dead by a medical doctor on duty.

Meanwhile, scene was visited by Police detectives attached to CPS Onitsha and photograph of the victim obtained. No marks of violence on the deceased body but some drugs were discovered in the hotel room reasonably suspected to be enhancement drugs. Corpse deposited at the hospital mortuary for autopsy.

The lady was arrested while investigation is ongoing to ascertain circumstances surrounding the incident.

SP Haruna Mohammed PPRO Anambra State Police Command, For – Commissioner of Police Anambra State Command.


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