LAGOS — A middle-aged man yesterday slumped and died around First gate, in Ikorodu area of Lagos.
According to eye witnesses account, the deceased a resident of First
gate, was said to have started his journey from First gate until he got
to Lagos State Polytechnic bus-stop where he slumped and died before
help could come his way.
Eye witnesses account said the incident caused panic among residents until the arrival of the police who restored calm.
An eye witness who pleaded anonymity told Vanguard that sympathisers
put a call across the Police on Sagamu road where a team led by the
Divisional Crime Officer DCO, Sunday Akaeze, rushed to the scene to
render assistance to the man but this was too late as he was later
pronounced dead at the Government Hospital in Ikorodu.
On noticing the situation, the Police conducted a search on the man
and found a wallet containing N200, a riders’ badge and an
Identification card bearing Douglas Esiong, a staff of a private company
at Anifowose, Ikeja, also in Lagos.
Vanguard also gathered that one of the symapathisers who identified
the man rushed to his house to inform his family but the house was under
lock and key but the Police intensified effort to locate the man’s
family but none of them could be reached as at the time of filling this
report.
Another eye witness told Vanguard that the deceased was looking sick
as at the time he slumped but nobody was able to ascertain the cause of
his death and his body has been deposited in the morgue.
Contacted, Police PRO Ngozi Braide said she was yet to be briefed about the incident.
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