The Lagos State Police Command has confirmed the sudden death of a yet to be identified man, who reportedly came to watch television at a beer parlour in the state.
The Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this in a statement on Saturday.
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.
The statement quoted the bar owner as saying thatthe customer walked into the open bar to sit and watch television.
The statement read in part:
“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 is in progress.”
