Nigeria, March 31 -- The police in Delta State, south-south Nigeria, have said a hotel manager and two others allegedly stabbed a lodger to death in the state.

The victim has been identified as Sunday Ogofotha.

The police spokesperson in the state, Bright Edafe, disclosed this via a video clip uploaded on his Facebook page on Friday.

Mr Edafe, a superintendent of police, said the incident happened on 21 March in Owhelogbo, a village in Isoko Community, Isoko North Local Government Area of the state.

The police said Mr Ogofotha had lodged in Century Hotel in the community when two unidentified men visited the hotel.

He said the two men approached the manager, Godwin, and requested permission to see Mr Ogofotha in his room.

Mr Edafe s...