The mysterious death of Utibeabasi Imohowo Sampson, a 14-year-old student, in the swimming pool of Pinnacle Hotel, located at Edet Akpan Avenue, Uyo, Akwa State, has pitched the family of the boy and the state police command as the family is not keen to accept the theory that the boy drowned in the pool.
According to the bereaved family, the boy was murdered by his school mates who had invited him to the hotel for a party, and dumped in the pool.
Their position, according to the family, is that when the boy reportedly drowned, the rest of the students who were dressed in all black at the function, did not raise any alarm and were about leaving the hotel premises when the security asked them about the last person in their team, but they casually said he was still enjoying himself inside the pool.