Do You Recall Story Of The UNN Student Found Unalived In Hotel Room…?

Do you remember the story of the University of Nigeria, UNN student found dead in a hotel room in Nsukka?

Well, the police say they have arrested a 200-level student of the university in connection with the murder of one Deborah Sam-Praise Ememem, aged 22.

The Police Command in Enugu State say the arrested student is of the Material and Metallurgical Engineering Department at the University.

In a statement he issued the Command’s Spokesman, SP Daniel Ndukwe, on Monday in Enugu said the arrest followed an intelligence-led investigation.

He said that detectives successfully recovered Ememem’s iPhone, tablet, earbuds, and other personal belongings.

The suspect is 22-year-old male suspect, one Emmanuel Gambo, a second-year student of Material and Metallurgical Engineering Department of UNN, from Kogi.

“The case, initially reported to Nsukka Urban Police Division, was transferred to the Homicide Section of the State Criminal Investigation Department (State CID) for thorough investigation.

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“Findings revealed that on June 14, 2025, at about 9p.m., the suspect checked into a hotel in Obukpa, Nsukka, with the deceased.

“In the early hours of June 15, 2025, a dispute ensued after a second round of intercourse, during which the deceased allegedly demanded an additional ₦15,000 from the suspect, on top of the ₦5,000 earlier paid.

“The disagreement turned violent, and the suspect strangled her to death,” he said.

The spokesman said that after the suspect strangled the UNN student, he then wrapped the deceased’s body in a towel and a curtain torn from the hotel room and hid her remains under the bed.

Hotel staff however noticed a foul odour coming from the room on June 16, 2025, at about 9a.m, later discovering a decomposing body concealed beneath the bed.

The suspect, the police spokesman said, had earlier provided a false name and unreachable phone number on the hotel’s registration form, which initially hindered efforts to trace and detain him.

“However, acting on credible and painstakingly gathered intelligence, police detectives located and detained the suspect at his lodge in Nsukka on July 2, 2025.”

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The suspect confessed to the crime in the course of interrogation, he said, adding:

“The deceased’s iPhone was immediately recovered from him.

“A bottle of Asconi Agor red wine, which the deceased had brought to the hotel, was also found in his possession.

“He later led police detectives to recover the deceased’s Redmi tablet and earbuds, which he had thrown out through the hotel window in a bag after committing the crime,” he said.