A yet-to-be-identified man has died at a beer parlour located along the Lagos-Abeokuta expressway while watching television.
According to the bar owner the deceased, who is believed to be in his 50s, had visited his bar on the said day and sat to watch television, It was later discovered that he was sleeping on the chair.
The bar owner said all attempts to wake him after a while failed. It was then discovered that he was lifeless
The Police Command in Lagos State has however confirmed the sudden death of the man.
The Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) 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 pm.
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 pm.
“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,” he said.
