The management of
Lagos Airport Hotel, Ikeja, has debunked claim by Lafarge Plc that the Italian
who brought Coronavirus to Nigeria first slept at the hotel before coming to
the company in Ogun State.
The Lagos Airport
Hotel management described the report as a lie and untrue, as no Italian ever
visited the hotel as claimed by Lafarge.
Lafarge’s Industrial
Director, Segun Soyoye had said in a report by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)
that “The Italian came for a business visit. He was in Lagos on Monday and
slept at Airport Hotel, Ikeja. Our driver took him there, and when we observed
abnormal temperatures and symptoms, we quickly instituted an Emergency Response
Team which is led by the Company’s CEO; we have to find a way of analysing and
identifying not only the Italian but also the other contacts.”
But the Managing
Director, Lagos Airport Hotel Limited, Ikeja, Kayode Bakare, told newsmen on
Monday that it was shocked to read such report online, saying that it was not
true.
“The management of
Lagos Airport Hotel Limited, Ikeja, wishes to state categorically that at no
time did the Italian who was in Nigeria on a business meeting to Lafarge Plc
lodged at Lagos Airport Hotel Limited, Ikeja.
“The hotel’s
manifest for Monday, 24th, February, 2020, when the Italian arrived Nigeria and
in deed for the entire week is there for anyone to crosscheck,” he said.
Bakare showed
newsmen the manifest for that day which had 21 customers who lodged in the
hotel and they were all Nigerians.
“We therefore want
to seize this opportunity to debunk any rumour that the said Italian man was
accommodated in our hotel on the said date,” Bakare said.
Bakare added that
“the Management of Lagos Airport Hotel Limited, Ikeja, urged the entire public
and all our esteemed customers to completely disregard this untrue publication
credited to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), while assuring them of their
health and safety as they continually patronise our hotel.”
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