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The Anambra State Government has halted operations in a section of the Wintess Garden Annexe in Ifite Awka due to a viral pool sex video linked to the facility.

Mr Donatus Onyenji, the state Commissioner for Culture, Entertainment, and Tourism, who signed the seal order dated September 8, stated that the action was taken to allow the government and security agencies to conduct further investigations into the matter.

According to Onyenji, the action was in accordance with the state Tourism and Hospitality Law 2016.

He added that this was despite the fact that the ministry had already received an application for an Operational Permit from Wintess Garden Hotel on August 31.

He said, “However, while the process is ongoing, our attention has been drawn to the social media video of live sex and pornographic content (sex party) conducted on September 3 at an open place in your hotel/facility.

“This and other such indecent operational standard and unholy acts of public show of indecency must not be allowed in any hotel in Anambra.

“Government of Anambra hereby directs the management of Wintess Garden Hotel to shut down operations pending further investigations and review of the application.”

Reacting to the development, the General Manager of the hotel, Mr Ndibe Ikeh, regretted the ugly incident, saying it did not represent the company’s values and operational principles.

Ndibe thanked the state government for wading into the scandal by taking decisive steps to investigate and unravel the perpetrators and their motives.

The hotel manager, who did not rule out blackmail by detractors, called on the Department of State Services and the Nigerian Police to conduct a thorough investigation with the aim of establishing the role of the hotel in the incident.

“Wintess Garden Hotel is a responsible organisation with good moral values, our services are open to the public, as a management, we condemn the incident and call for thorough investigation of this matter.

“We apologise for this embarrassment and thank the Anambra government for their kind intervention, just as we call on them and the security agencies to conclude the investigations,” he said.