A 34-year-old barber has reportedly drowned inside a hotel’s swimming pool at Toronto Junction, Umuoba Uratta in Owerri North council area of  Imo State.

The deceased, identified as simply as Uche, has a barbing salon at Umugakwo Bus Stop near Victella Hotel, where the sad incident occurred.

Uche was said to have gone into the hotel with two women on Tuesday evening after a drinking binge decided to go for a swim.

It was gathered no one noticed Uche had drowned until the girls he came with wanted to leave.

“It was when the girls wanted to leave that they approached to talk to him but he was lying motionless inside the swimming pool. So, one of the girls raised an alarm that attracted the hotel staff,” The Nation reported.

It could not be ascertained if he could swim.

A senior police officer at Uratta Police Division, Imo State Police Command, said that one of the managers of Victella Hotel reported the matter to the police.

The police source who pleaded anonymity said,

“A young man who claimed to be a manager attached to Victella Hotel and Suites at Uratta here reported at the station that one of his customers, whose name and address is still unknown, was found dead inside the hotel swimming pool upon diving into the water.

“When we received the information, our men went to the scene of the crime and recovered the remains of the said man. No traces of injuries were found and no identification nor phone was recovered from him.

“The girlfriends that he came with disappeared immediately, with all links of identification of the deceased, possibly for fear of arrest.

“The corpse has since been recovered and deposited at a morgue while investigations continues.”