The Lagos State Police Command has confirmed the demise of an individual who was present to watch television at a local beer parlour within the state.
SP Benjamin Hundeyin, the Public Relations Officer of the command, affirmed this statement on Sunday.
Hundeyin clarified that the proprietor of the beer parlour, whose identity was not disclosed, brought the matter to the attention of the Elere Police Division on Wednesday around 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 police spokesperson said that the bar owner said the customer walked into the open bar to sit and watch television like any other customers, 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 is in progress,” he said.
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