ENUGU – The Enugu State Police Command has issued a statement addressing a viral video purportedly showing two ladies rescued from a hotel room where they were allegedly tied up by two young men attempting to harvest their organs.
DSP Daniel Ndukwe, spokesperson for the command, clarified that preliminary investigations reveal the incident involved demanding money with menaces and fraud, not murder or organ harvesting as suggested by the viral narrative.
“Contrary to the misleading narrative, the preliminary investigation showed a case of demanding money with menaces and fraud, not murder or human organs harvesting,” Ndukwe stated.
According to Ndukwe, the two ladies, identified as commercial sex workers, had initially met with the suspects on July 3, 2024, at a hotel along Agbani Road, Enugu. The following day, they met again at the same hotel, where the suspects beat and tied them up in a hotel room's toilet, forcibly taking their phones, account details, and Personal Identification Numbers (PINs). The suspects then withdrew a total of ₦120,000 from the victims' accounts before fleeing the hotel.
A bag containing two kitchen knives and sportswear left behind by the suspects has been recovered. An intelligence-guided investigation is underway to apprehend the fleeing suspects.
Ndukwe urged hotel owners and managers to maintain high security standards, ensuring proper screening and verifiable details of lodgers. He also warned young ladies against meeting unknown individuals, particularly males, to avoid falling victim to similar crimes.
“Owners and managers of hotels are advised to exercise the highest standards of security alertness and ensure that lodgers are properly screened, and their verifiable details obtained before being accommodated. Moreover, young ladies are cautioned against going out with unknown persons under any guise to avoid falling prey to similar criminals and their activities,” Ndukwe warned.
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