The body of a lady suspected to be a commercial sex worker, alongside the body of a man and some unconscious persons, was on Wednesday retrieved from a popular brothel in Umuahia, the Abia State capital.
While the cause of what led to their death remains sketchy, eyewitness accounts claim that it was a mysterious attack by ghosts or spirits.
Guests at the brothel located on Uyo Street, Uzuakoli Road, took to their heels when panic-stricken prostitutes rushed out of the brothel at about 8am with loud screams of ‘ghost, ghost, ghost!’.
The deceased included the lady suspected to be a prostitute and a man, believed to be the manager of the brothel.
DAILY POST contacted the state Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Nta Ogbonnaya Nta, who confirmed the incident, saying “The sad incident happened at 44, Uyo Street, 50-50 Bar at about 8 am yesterday.
“The police, led by the Area Commander, Central Police Station, Umuahia, Onyeke Udeviotu, was at the scene after a concerned citizen raised the alarm and drew the attention of the police.
“We recovered two bodies and six unconscious persons from the building. We took them to the hospital, some are suspected dead but only the doctor can confirm them dead or otherwise.
“Two bodies were that of a young man and a lady while the six the unconscious ones were men. They were picked in separate rooms. About 200 other occupants of the brothel had deserted the place by the time the police arrived the scene.
“The manager (names withheld) of the brothel was among the victims of the mysterious attack.
“The police would go after the owner (a woman) of the brothel,” the PPRO told DAILY POST, adding that the Homicide section of the State Criminal Investigations Department, SCID, had begun investigation into the incident.
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