By EVELYN USMAN & IDOWU OLAIDE
LAGOS—A Lebanese and two Nigerians have been arrested in connection with the murder of a bureau-de-change operator on Monday inside a hotel in Apapa area of Lagos.

The bureau-de-change operator, identified as Ali, had gone to the hotel to meet some Lebanese, who according to report, informed him they wanted to sell their dollars worth N8 million.

However, on his way to the hotel on Marine Road, Apapa, Ali was said to have asked one of his business partners to accompany him there.

However, on reaching the entrance, his partner reportedly waited at the gate while Ali went in to meet the Lebeanese, unaware he would never return alive.

Tension, as gathered, set in after his partner reportedly noticed one of the Lebanese trying to force his way out of the hotel, a move that was stopped by the gateman on noticing his blood- stained shirt.

Sensing that his friend could be in danger, his partner reportedly alerted policemen from Apapa, who stormed the hotel, only to find Ali in a pool of blood, in the room, unconscious.

He was immediately rushed to an undisclosed hospital where he died early yesterday.

The arrested Nigerians and Lebanese are at the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, Ikeja, where investigation is said to be ongoing, while the remains of Ali were buried according to Islamic rites yesterday.