Police arrest tiler over death of Abuja hotel staff

The police in Abuja have arrested a tiler identified as Samuel Net, over the murder of a staff of a hotel in the Utako district of the FCT.

According to the command's spokesperson, SP Josephine Adeh, men of the Utako police division on Tuesday, October 20, received a distress report of suspicious noise and activity on the third floor of a hotel within Utako district.

Responding swiftly, a team of police officers from Utako Division was promptly dispatched to the scene.

Adeh said upon their arrival, the source of the noise was traced to Room 301, where the tiler hired by the hotel was found with marks of violence on his body, while another person, identified as Joseph Terdoo a staff of the hotel, was found lying unconscious on the floor with multiple marks of violence on his body.

She said Joseph Terdoo was immediately rushed to Wuse District Hospital, where he was confirmed de@d on arrival by the medical team on duty.

The police investigations revealed that the two men had a disagreement which degenerated into a physical confrontation. Samuel pushed Joseph who fell and hit his head on a wooden object before collapsing.

The suspect is currently in custody and will have his day in court.