The management of Hotel Presidential in Portharcourt, Rivers state of Nigeria have reacted to our report "FIVE STAR HOTEL IN PORTHARCOURT,NIGERIA PAY PROTECTION FEES TO MILITANT LEADER".
The general manager of the hotel in an e-mail sent to us denied that the hotel management has ever paid ten million naira or any amount to any militant leader as protection or whatever fees.
We had reported here that the hotel management was paying ten million naira to a militant leader as protection fees,that the payment was stopped, prompting the january 1st 2008 attack on the luxurious hotel.
An e-mail from us to the hotel management for comments was not replied before the date of posting the report.
