UNIBEN UNDERGRA DIES IN HOTEL POOL ...Family Blames Hotel Management for His Death [PICTURE]

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Tragedy struck at Infinity Hotel few weeks back, April 1^st to be precise. A student of the University of Benin has drowned in their hotel swimming pool in the Ipaja area of Lagos State.

Information reaching us has it that the victim, Chukwudi Nwaobi, had gone to relax at hotel which is located at Abesan Estate, on that fateful day when the tragic incident occurred.

The family of the 20-year-old student of Sociology, however, blamed the hotel for the incident.

The elder brother to the deceased, Chuks, told revealed that if the life guard had been on duty at the time of the incident, his brother would not have died.

However, source has it that Mr. Nwaobi was a good swimmer and wondered how he could have drowned.

Chukwudi’s brother explains: “In the morning of that day, my mother sent Chukwudi to give someone some money. After delivering the money, he called my mum to say he wanted to get to Iyana Ipaja to do some shopping as he was due to return to school a few days later.

“After sometime, my mother called him on the telephone, but he did not pick. After trying for hours without success, my mother informed me and I also started calling him but his phone just kept on ringing. Just before we were about to report the matter to the police, someone finally picked up to say my brother had been arrested and we should come to Ipaja Police Division.

“On getting to the station, the police were acting funny. Later, we were allowed into the DPO’s office where we met the manager of the hotel. They then explained to us that my brother was dead and his corpse had been deposited at the Mainland Hospital, Yaba.”

Chuks said the information relayed to the family implied that the hotel was negligent.

He said the hotel should have also informed the family immediately the incident occurred as further investigations revealed that Chukwudi did not die in the hotel, but at the hospital.