By Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt
The Lady who was found dead in a Port Harcourt hotel on 15 August, after being strangled by a stranger, has been identified.
She
was Jennifer Nwokocha, from Omoku, headquarters of Ogba-Egbema-Ndoni
council area of Rivers state. She was found dead Thursday morning in a
room at Grand Venice Hotel on Woji Road.
Her friends who
identified her claimed that she was lured into agreeing for a night romp
with a yet-to-be identified man for a fee of N10,000 and the Nigerian
barbecued beef, popularly called Suya, as an extra.
Jennifer
Nwokocha wrote the last UTME conducted by Joint Admission and
Matriculation Board,JAMB and nursed hopes of gaining admission into
University of Port Harcourt, her friends said.
According to them, the alleged killer came to the hotel at about 10 pm
on Wednesday night and offered to pay Jennifer N10,000, which to her was
a big deal.
The late Jennifer’s friends later raised alarm at
about 8 am the next day.The killer had also stolen her phone and her
money before fleeing the hotel.
According to one of her friends,”
when the killer came into the hotel, he requested that Jennifer be
called for her, describing her as “that neat girl”.
“Later
Jennifer came and whispered to me that they had negotiated and settled
for N10,000 for the night. I left them as the late Jennifer said the man
had opted to sleep with her in her room.
“The next day, at about
8am, we found out that Jennifer had not woken up and when her door was
opened, she was found Unclad with her hands tied behind her back with
pillow case and another pillow case was used to tie her neck, perhaps to
strangle her.”
Detectives from the homicide department of the state police command promptly arrested Jennifer’s friends for interrogation.
Her manner of her death was similar to the killing of Precious Ewuru in a hotel in D/Line about two weeks ago.
Nnamdi
Omoni DSP and spokesman of the Rivers Police Command said a Task Force
would be set up by the Command to enforce the directive that CCTV
Cameras be installed in all hotels.
{Naijafinix.com}
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