Tension In Imo Community As Hotel Owner, Military Personnel Allegedly Torture Worker To Death

One Mr, Ebuka Nwanneri who works at “Our Guest Hotel’ in Umulogho community, Obowo Local Government Area of Imo State has been confirmed dead after he was allegedly tortured by his boss and owner of the hotel, Ibe Obasi in company of a military personnel and an unidentified person.

According to a source in the community, the deceased was accused of stealing a mobile phone belonging to a military personnel who came to the hotel for relaxation.

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The source said the incident happened on Friday, when a military personnel who was posted to Obowo Local Government visited the hotel for relaxation. He was said to have plugged his phone to charge when it went missing.

The source said: “The owner of the phone that led to this whole crisis is a military person posted to Obowo Local government for community security.

“One of the military men is the owner of the phone, and I don’t know his name.

“He went to that hotel for relaxation and his phone got missing.