A middle-aged man, whose identity remains unknown, has tragically passed away while watching a football match at a local bar along the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway.
The incident occurred on Thursday, May 16, at approximately 6:15 pm.
According to The PUNCH, eyewitnesses said the deceased, a regular customer at the open bar, had walked in, sat down, and begun watching the match before falling asleep.
When the game ended, attempts to rouse him were unsuccessful, and he was found motionless.
The Lagos State Police Command confirmed the incident, stating that the bar owner reported the incident at the Elere Police Division.
The Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, said, “The deceased, a man in his 50s, was found lifeless on a chair without any visible signs of violence.
He said, “The owner of a bar located along Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway reported at Elere Division that at about 6:15 pm on Thursday, one of his male customers in his 50s, whose name and address are yet unknown, came into the open bar to sit and watch television.
“He was later observed to be sleeping on the chair and in an attempt to wake him up, it was discovered that he was lifeless. The scene was visited by detectives of the division, and the deceased was seen lifeless on the chair without any mark of violence.
“The body has been removed to the Mainland General Hospital mortuary, Yaba, Lagos State for autopsy. Efforts to trace his family are in progress.”
