There was tension after the body of a 14-year-old girl, Miss Favour Appiah, who was declared missing by family members was found at the deepest level of Manuex Place Hotel swimming pool in Effurun, Uvwie local government area of Delta State.
The incident which occurred late Sunday afternoon, threw guests and staff of the hotel in shock, as eyewitnesses alleged negligence on the part of the hotel as reason for the mishap.
It was reliably gathered that at the time of the incident, there was no pool attendant.
It was gathered that the deceased was declared missing at the hotel premises by her relatives until her lifeless body was discovered at the bottom of the deep part of the pool.
It could not be ascertained how the deceased strayed into the hotel pool which led to her death.
“We searched everywhere when we could not found her. We thought she might have gone to change. We checked but we didn’t see her until we draw the attention of the hotel to the incident.
“The pool attendant was not there when the incident happened. When the pool attendant came he refused to enter the water may be he can’t swim. No one could see the bottom of the water.
“It was one of the receptionists who had just resumed who entered the pool to search if she was there. Lo and behold, she had drowned and was lying at the deep part of the pool”, one of the family members said.
The remains of the teenage girl were later deposited at the Central Hospital Warri by management of the hotel.
It was learnt that the management of the hotel reported the incident to the police 24 hours after.
According to report, the Manager of Manuex Place Hotel, simply identified as Benie, confirmed the incident but declined to give details but promised that a staff of the hotel will call our correspondent for further details but no one had called at the time of filing this report on Tuesday.
Contacted, Ag. Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Bright Edafe, confirmed the incident.
