Two young hotel staff have died mysteriously in Calabar after sharing food with their colleagues.
The incident happened on Saturday, 21st May 2022 at the Calabar Municipal area of the State.
It was gathered that the deceased, Joseph Enagu from Yala Nkum in lkom Local Government Area and Daniel Asuatang Mathew from lni Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State were found dead in one of the hotel rooms at the early hours of Sunday, May 22, 2022.
According to sources who volunteered information in the hotel, the two died on Saturday, May 21, 2022, night after cooking and eating with other staff of the hotel.
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“Nothing happened to the other staff but Onya and Asuatang were found lying lifeless the next day with foam in their mouth, while some traces of blood were also seen on the ground of the room where they were discovered,” a source familiar with the incident said.
The source added that, one of the deceased have been working in the hotel for more than half a year without any issue.
“The only thing they would have suspected was generator fumes but there was light and the generator was never turned on all through the night.”
However, a family source who pleaded anonymity lamented the fact that they were not rushed to the hospital immediately the incident happened, but another staff who was on duty said they tried to bring in a doctor to see if they could be revived but all efforts proved abortive.