Another suspect, Oguntoyin, 20, claimed she was brought to the hotel by her boyfriend, Bayo, an Internet fraudster, who, together with his friends, tied her up and fled.
She said it was the first time he would take her to the hotel, adding that she knew nothing about the crimes being perpetrated there.
She said: “It was the navy people that freed me from the bondage. My boyfriend Bayo and three of his friends tied me up. I didn’t know when they tied me.
“He told me he wanted to go and use the ATM and that he would be back. I didn’t eat nor drink anything. I only slept. But when I woke up and wanted to open the door, I discovered that I was tied.
“They also told the receptionist to not allow me run. I know them that my boyfriend usually came here but yesterday was the first time he brought me. I have known him for three years now.”
The tanker driver, Teller, claimed it was greed that lured him to the scene, adding that his friend, Muri White offered him N500,000 to use his truck to load siphoned petrol.
He said he couldn’t reject the offer, giving that marketers usually hired the truck for N150,000 and he had to stay in a long queue at the depot.
According to him, the offer was made on Sunday but he turned it down because his truck was not in good shape, adding that he accepted to load at the wee hours of yesterday.
The receptionist, Gladys, said she was only hired about a month ago, adding that the manager instructed her to never collect money from Inspector Rabiu of room 208 and the other policeman who occupied room 209.
She said the only suspicious thing she noticed was that Marijuana smoking men usually came to the premises for meetings.
Oludara said most of the lodgers usually came in the night, adding that they came with jerry cans of petrol, which the security man at the hotel offloaded.
She said Inspector Rabiu usually sat with the Marijuana smokers during their meetings but only drank.
Oludara said when they complained to the manager about the strange and unacceptable behaviour of some of the guests, they were asked to mind their own business.
The housekeeper, Adetunji said he usually saw tankers along the road, adding that for about two months, the tankers stopped coming but later resurfaced.
Vincent and Kuti claimed they were artists and only came to stay in the hotel after performing at live shows.
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