Olaleye Aluko

The police in Lagos State have begun investigation into the death of a 57-year-old American, who was found hanged with a rope in a hotel room in the Lekki area of the state.

Our correspondent learnt that the American, Charles Carlson, had checked into Ellyx Vile Hotel on African Line, Lekki Phase 1, on Monday before the incident happened.

Our correspondent gathered that the hotel workers discovered Carlson had hanged himself when it was time for breakfast on Tuesday and he failed to show up or pick his calls.

The hotel room was thereafter forced open and his corpse was found hanged with a rope.

The incident was thereafter reported at the Maroko Police Division which came to evacuate the corpse.

The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Dolapo Badmos, who confirmed the death, said the Commissioner of Police, Fatai Owoseni, had directed operatives to unravel the mysteries around his death.

She said, “The matter was reported to the police by the manager of the hotel, identified as Vincent Owunke. The guest, Carlson, an American, it was observed did not pick calls to the intercom in his room and he did not come out for breakfast.

“The police are investigating a case of sudden and unnatural death. The American was found motionless and hanged himself with a rope close to the door. The CP, Owoseni, has directed the case to be transferred to the Homicide Section of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, Yaba, for further investigation.”

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Strange

I suspect foul play.

The police should do a thorough investigation on his case or else bubu alone will be in trouble

Suicide might be the plausible cause of death, then again, there's no mention of a suicide note.

Whoever brought him to the hotel should be questioned thoroughly, as the U.S don't play with the lives of their citizens.

I wish I could say the same for Nigeria, seeing how people die everyday and nothing is done.

Airforce1:
Strange

This government and bad news

People die everyday bro, the only strange thing is the decease was an American.

I hope he wasn't scammed and hanged anyway.

so people now leave there country to come and hang there self in Nigeria abi?...but it might be a case of business gone wrong with a nija dude..I know my brothers. the police should investigate this matter with all seriousness and we be reading a new story soon..

Airforce1:


well we never heard American commited suicide in Nigeria during good luck ebele Jonathan's government
So why now

LOL. Are you indirectly blaming the FG for this now? Come on bro, this isn't the Romance section where stupidity and wanton senselessness is the order of the day.

This isolated incident have absolutely nothing to do with the time, but everything to do with why the American hung himself.

It's left for the police to investigate proper and come up with the motive behind the american's death.

Airforce1:
Strange

I suspect foul play.

The police should do a thorough investigation on his case or else bubu alone will be in trouble

are you blaming Bubu for the murder?

...

The man didn't see America to go back and hang himself there. He also couldn't drop a note. I see. Something inside of me, tells me that some lines in this story are still missing.

Call in CSI, they'll figure it out

lalasticlala

That's no news in his country

Even the whites are not spared



This country yaff taya everybody

Na only God know how many people including foreigners Buhari don kill since may 29th,2015!!!!

Buhari syndrome

Na Buhari caused this too?


I smell a foul play though

Hehehe.. I suspect he has been scammed by a Nigerian dude. I will bet it's an Igbo Boy that he did business with but then again Yoruba Boys hmm. Wahala dey o

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so this economy don bad reach like this?
even oyinbo man dey suffer am

DONSMITH123:

are you blaming Bubu for the murder?

its baba and not bubu

Person don hang am there.

I suspect he must have being killed and the killers made it seem like suicide.

NAWA OOO, SO DIS RECESSION DON DEY REACH OYIBO PPLE 2.

oyibo people never see anything yet

Make them carry am go throwaway somewhere. The hotel should sue the dead body self

John kerry is to be blamed for funding a sucidal government which kills even americans.