Metro View Hotel in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State capital has collapsed, sending residents into panic.
More than 60 persons escaped death when the hotel collapsed late Wednesday.
The hotel is close to Presco Campus of Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki.
Abakaliki Capital Territory Development Authority sealed the 26-room hotel on Thursday morning.
Special Assistant to Governor David Umahi on Capital Territory, Ejem Okoro, led the team to seal the hotel.
Metro View Hotel, Mr Okoro said, would remain sealed pending investigation by the government.
Reports say the hotel was commissioned on May 28, 2005, by former governor Martin Elechi.
Speaking on behalf of the hotel, Autsine Orji, said they had noticed a crack on some of the pillars holding the building.
Mr Orji said they immediately cordoned off the side of the building and started renovations.
He said the building collapsed in the process of the renovation, adding that there was no casualty.
