Our Reporter
A sixty-year-old female national of the United States of America, (name withheld), has been reported dead in a hotel with her alleged boyfriend at Okuokoko in Okpe Local Government Area of Delta State.
Real-Time24 gathered that, the deceased came into Nigeria on the invitation of her boyfriend who kept her in a hotel in Warri before transferring her to hotel where she died.
Sources say, before the deceased’s death she coughed profusely and had difficulty in breathing and stooling.
She was rushed to an undisclosed hospital but her condition deteriorated just as she gave up the ghost.
Our correspondent who monitored the incident reports that the Police have arrested the said online boyfriend who is said to be suspected internet fraudster (G-Boy).
When contacted for comments, the Delta State Commissioner of Police, Mohammed Hafiz Inuwa, confirmed the report in a telephone chat with Our Correspondent in Warri.
Inuwa said,”She’s a US Citizen. She cane to Nigeria. She’s over 60years. She’s a friend to one of the Nigerian boys. She visited him in Nigeria. He kept her in a hotel in Warri before transferring her to that hotel around Orerokpe side.
“That while they were together for about a week, the woman was coughing and having difficulty in breathing as well as having difficulty in stooling.
“So, they took her to hospital yesterday where her condition became worse and eventually, she gave up. That her so called boyfriend is now with the police in Orerokpe.”
While noting that he personally called the Commissioner for Health in Delta State to contact the NCDC given the symptoms the deceased gave before she died, the Police boss, however warned Policemen to be very careful with the manner they deal with the said boyfriend so as not to fall victims and get infected of the dreaded coronavirus unnecessarily.