Female Hotel Worker In Rivers ‘Starved And Tortured To Death’ Over Missing N17,500

A girl, identified as Nnnena Onu working for a hotel in Ebocha in the Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area of Rivers State, has been reportedly tortured and starved to death by her employer after she failed to account for the sum of N17,500.

According to those demanding for justice, the girl was locked in one of the rooms in the hotel without food and water where she reportedly tortured despite paying the missing sum.

She was said to have ultimately passed out.

It was gathered that Miss Onu begged her employer to free her on the third day as she was getting weak, but her plea fell on deaf ears.

The girl was later rushed to the hospital after passing out but could not be revived.

Meanwhile, the Rivers State Civil Society Organisations have called on the State Police Command to immediately open an investigation into the incident.

Chairman of the State CSO, Enefaa Georgewill, while speaking to newsmen in Port Harcourt said the police must identify anyone found culpable and bring them to justice.

Georgewill said, “The Rivers State Civil Society Organisations call on the State Commissioner of Police to investigate, arrest and prosecute all those involved in the torture to death Miss Nnnena Onu a staff of the Wayouma Hotel in Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni LGA.

“From our investigation, we gathered that late Miss Nnenna was allegedly starved for four days in a confined room simply because she can’t account for N17,500 belonging to her employer.”

Describing her death as unfortunate, he said stated the SCO will not take its eyes away from the matter until justice is served.

He added, “This is barbaric, to say the least, and inhuman at worst to say, in this time and age that inhuman treatment meted out on slaves in the 17th and 18th century can be deployed against a Nigerian citizen in the 21st century.

“Our laws on torture and murder are very clear. It should be clearly applied, and we are monitoring.”

 The spokesperson of the state Police Command, Grace Iringe-Koko had yet to comment on the incident as at the time of filing this report.