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| Boko Haram: People's Hotel to Relocate from Bauchi |
| 2014-07-07 |
| [THISDAYLIVE] The Management of the People's Hotel that was recently attacked by Boko Haram ... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality... in Bauchi has disclosed that it was relocating the hotel from the state. Speaking to select newsmen in an interview yesterday at the hotel, the Director of the Hotel, Mr. Ifeanyi Ezesi, said operating his hotel business in the state was no longer safe for him and his customers; therefore he has no other option than to relocate from the state. According to him, "I think the time has come for me to relocate from the state because of the continued attack on my hotel business by Boko Haram. They have already passed the message to me that my presence is not needed in the state, so I just have to leave for the security of my family. This is the second time they are attacking this hotel. The first attack was in 2012. The second attack now in 2014. I think it is high time to leave". He recalled how the bomb incident has traumatised and devastated him, saying he was yet to come to terms with the horror of dead bodies, shattered human parts and blood everywhere. "Before the incident happened on that day, I was sitting down in the hotel with some group of friends drinking, so I remembered that I had to buy some meat to include among the items I was sending to my siblings in the eastern part of the country. So on my way to buy the meat, I received a call from my elder brother, Ogechukwu that there was an kaboom at the hotel. "When I received the call, I had to return. I could not believe that it was a place I left barely just five minutes ago. The whole place was littered with human blood, scattered human parts and dead bodies. People were running for their dear lives. I have not yet recovered from the shock of the incident up till now. |
| Posted by:Fred |