It was gathered that man had lodge the young lady whose names was not disclosed at press time to the hotel, Nsirim Hotel, and was trying to choke her to death when the lady’s screen alerted the hotel management. State Police Commissioner, Mr. Mustapha Dandaura, hinted this while addressing over 75 women groups that protested the killings of women in the state.
It was learned that the woman had slept off, but woke up suddenly midnight and observed that the man had carried a pillow to choke her to death. A source in the area said: “The woman went into the hotel on the man’s invitation and at when she slept off, the man tried to kill her with a pillow. She was lucky to have woken up as the man tried to press her down. “The woman immediately began to shout and the people in the hotel called the police, who raced to the place and forced the door open. Police eventually rescued the woman and arrested the man,” the source said.