How woman accused of stealing was beaten to death, body dumped in swimming pool

A woman simply identified as Miss Chinyere Awuda has been beaten to death and her body dumped in a hotel pool in Awka, the Anambra State capital.  City & Crime learnt that the incident happened last weekend, when some fun seekers in a club accused her of stealing their money. The woman who hailed from […]

A woman simply identified as Miss Chinyere Awuda has been beaten to death and her body dumped in a hotel pool in Awka, the Anambra State capital.

 City & Crime learnt that the incident happened last weekend, when some fun seekers in a club accused her of stealing their money.

The woman who hailed from Nnobi, in Idemili South LGA of Anambra State, was found dead in the swimming pool of the hotel on Sunday morning, where she was dumped after being allegedly beaten to death.

 Sources said the woman was at the club when trouble broke out, and a man said to be a popular clubber and his friends started beating her.

“One of the clubbers accused her of picking money which the fun seekers were spraying on their friend who was a birthday celebrant.

“Some others said she did not only pick money, but went for bundles of money, which a clubber stacked by his seat side, waiting to spray on the celebrant,” another source said.

 A regular clubber at the hotel said, “Some of these girls just dress up and come to the club and begin to pick money.

“Because men are already drunk in clubs, the girls get away with the money. I was not in the club last weekend, but I heard that the girl went for money that someone kept by his seat side, which he was getting prepared to go and spray. That was what happened.”

 Our reporter learnt that despite efforts made by other people in the club to rescue the girl, they continued to beat and molest her.

 She was later dragged outside the club, and her lifeless body dumped into the hotel’s swimming pool.

 Anambra State Police Spokesperson, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, confirmed the incident and said the birthday celebrant and his friends were already in police custody while the case is being investigated.

“Contrary to what people are saying about the complicity by the hotel, we were assisted by the management of the hotel to arrest the suspects. Investigation is still ongoing,” he said.