The Police Command in Lagos State has confirmed the sudden death of a man, who came to watch television at a beer parlour in the state.
The Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this on Sunday.
Hundeyin said that the owner of the beer parlour, whose name was not mentioned, reported the case to Elere Police Division on Wednesday at about 7.00 p.m.
He said that the report revealed that a customer (now deceased), whose name and address were yet unknown, in his 50s, came to the beer parlour located along Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway at about 6.15 p.m.
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The image maker said the bar owner said the customer walked into the open bar to sit and watch television like any other customer, while some were drinking.
“He was later observed to be sleeping on the chair and there was an attempt to wake him up, but they discovered that he was lifeless.
“The scene was visited by detectives of the division and the body was seen lifeless on the chair without any mark of violence.
“The body has been removed to Mainland General Hospital Mortuary Yaba, Lagos for autopsy. Efforts to trace his family are in progress,” he said.
Lagos State is a state in southwestern Nigeria. Out of the 36 states, it is the second most populous state and the smallest in area.
Bounded to the south by the Bight of Benin and to the west by the international border with Benin for ten km, Lagos State borders Ogun State to the north for about 283 km, making it the only Nigerian state to border only one other state.
Named for the city of Lagos—the most populous city in Africa—the state was formed from the Western Region and the former Federal Capital Territory on 27 May 1967.
