Lagos lodge sealed over man’s mysterious dying after PUNCH report
The Lagos State Police Command has sealed Signatious Resort within the Ajao Property space of the state following the mysterious dying of Mattias Airenekhueme on the facility, after PUNCH Metro reported the incident.
Mattias was mentioned to have attended a pool celebration on the lodge on Saturday, January 31, the place he had gone to promote tickets and earn cash earlier than the tragedy occurred.
His father, Henry Airenekhueme, advised our correspondent that he acquired a misery name that day from one in all Mattias’ elder brothers informing him that the younger man had been rushed to the Isolo Common Hospital and {that a} member of the family was urgently wanted.
In response to him, he arrived on the hospital solely to seek out his son’s lifeless physique nonetheless contained in the automobile that introduced him to the ability.
Airenekhueme disclosed that three individuals — the lodge supervisor and two of Mattias’ buddies — have been initially arrested in reference to the incident.
Talking with PUNCH Metro on Thursday, a police supply, who didn’t need to be recognized as a result of he was not permitted to talk with the media on the matter, confirmed that operatives of the State Felony Investigation Division, Panti, had sealed the lodge as a part of ongoing investigations.
The supply added that the organiser of the pool celebration had additionally been arrested, bringing the entire variety of suspects in custody to 4.
“The police have sealed the lodge pending an ongoing investigation into the incident. The organiser of the pool celebration can be presently in police custody,” the supply mentioned.
Airenekhueme additional revealed that an post-mortem was being carried out to find out the precise reason behind dying.
“An post-mortem is being carried out by the police. We’re ready for the end result,” he mentioned.
Recounting what he was advised concerning the incident, Airenekhueme mentioned one in all Mattias’ buddies, who took him to the hospital, claimed they’d been sitting along with a woman earlier than he briefly stepped away.
“He mentioned when he returned about 5 minutes later and tried calling my son, there was no response. The girl advised him my son had left the spot, however his telephone was nonetheless there charging. Whereas looking for him, they later discovered his physique within the swimming pool,” the daddy narrated.
Nevertheless, Airenekhueme expressed doubts concerning the drowning narrative, citing what he described as uncommon bodily indicators on his son’s physique.
“If he really drowned, why was his abdomen flat as a substitute of swollen? And why was there foam popping out of his mouth and nostril?” he queried.
He mentioned the household instantly reported the case to the police, who visited the hospital, documented the incident, and deposited the physique within the morgue.
Additionally, he alleged that the household later acquired a name from a person who claimed to be a lodge workers member and requested what it will take to “settle” the matter.
He additional claimed that the pool celebration continued that very same night time regardless of the invention of his son’s physique.
Efforts to get a response from the Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, CSP Abimbola Adebisi, have been unsuccessful, as calls to her line weren’t answered. A textual content message despatched to her had but to be replied to as of the time of submitting this report.
The incident has renewed issues over security requirements at inns and leisure centres, amid recurring circumstances of drownings and different fatalities at such amenities throughout the state.