The administration of Titi’s Idea Resort and House has refuted claims that folks died on the lodge on March 20.
There had been studies that over 20 individuals misplaced their lives after consuming fried meat served by an unidentified cyber fraudster on the lodge.
However in an interview with SaharaReporters on Tuesday, the administration of the lodge dismissed the declare, stating that the lodge doesn’t enable prospects to convey meals or any edible merchandise into the premises.
The lodge supervisor, Otunba Damilare, advised SaharaReporters that some web fraudsters will need to have concocted such tales to tarnish the picture of the organisation.
In response to him, a bunch of ‘Yahoo Boys’ assaulted a safety guard on the lodge and was charged to court docket by the administration who sought justice for the assaulted employees member.
He stated the administration learnt the younger males promised to take care of the lodge for its refusal to withdraw the case from court docket.
He stated, “The incident presupposed to have occurred at our firm is just not true. Nobody shared meat at our lodge, we do not enable that, nobody brings in beef or drink or something.
“In all probability they went into the automobile exterior the lodge to take the meat they stated the Yahoo boy shared, we do not have an concept. We simply noticed on social media that folks have began speaking about our firm negatively.
“Titi’s idea doesn’t know something concerning the incident, anybody can come to the place for enjoyable, it is a bar. And now we have not seen anybody come ahead to assert that their children or family members died after consuming at our place.
“At first, they stated the affected individuals are about 25, some stated 50. If somebody dies, why was there no video or image proof of this? They’re people, not ants. We suspect that the story is supposed to destroy our picture.
“Normally, Yahoo boys come round to lodge, have enjoyable and all however that some got here with beef and shared to individuals, is just not true. It’s a false allegation.
“The reality is, some Yahoo guys beat up the safety guard of the lodge, they hit him with a ‘charmed’ ring, and the proprietor of the lodge reported on the police station, they had been charged to court docket as it’s superb to do. These guys have begged that the case be withdrawn from the court docket however the administration stated N3 million has been spent on the case, that withdrawal is unimaginable. Because the case is just not of their favour, they gathered collectively to see how they’ll tarnish our picture. One in every of them got here to tell us.
“They determined to lie that some individuals ate at Titi’s Idea and died. They did not wish to make a direct allegation so that they determined to make it oblique by alleging that somebody served them meat so individuals can level to our firm in a nasty gentle. There isn’t a method over 25 individuals will die and there can be no proof.
“If the allegations had been true, it might have been shut. As of final Sunday, we had prospects. As I am talking now, some persons are nonetheless lodging within the lodge. These guys are liars, they nonetheless owe us N500, 000.”
An announcement launched by the administration learn, “It has come to the eye of our administration at Titi’s Idea Resort and House {that a} bike hearsay has been circulating some sections of the social media blogs with a declare that about 50 individuals at the moment are feared lifeless after attending the birthday celebration of a ‘Yahoo boy’ in a lodge in Akute Alagbole, Ogun State.
“Our administration observed that the image of our well-known lodge, which is the unparalleled alternative of many stylish personalities on the town, was viciously connected with a number of the studies and is now being lifted by many notable blogs for unverified copy on their platforms.
“We’ve got since launched an investigation into the purported occasion however persistently discovered it to be unfaithful, unfounded, fabricated and missing in any substance. Detractors are kindly suggested to desist from creating falsehoods which can be geared toward making a destructive picture for the unbeatably noble and accountable lodge.
“Anybody with proof in respect of the purported occasion is hereby inspired to provide the id of the ‘Yahoo Boy’ and in addition of the deceased contributors for verifiable checks. They’re additionally suggested to strategy regulation enforcement brokers with such proofs.”
