SO SAD!This Man Slumped And Died In Agege On Way To Friend’s House

A man said to be in his 70s was found dead
around the Pen Cinema roundabout in the
Agege area of Lagos. The man, Oriyomi Simon,
had left his home in the Agbado area of the
state at about 9am on Thursday [Nov. 27] to
visit a friend in Agege before he slumped at the
spot – a few steps away from the Pen Cinema
Police Division.
According to PUNCH, the Pen Cinema Police
Division was not aware on the incident as at
2pm yesterday. But an eyewitness, Tope Alaba,
who works around the Pen Cinema, told PUNCH
that Simon might have survived if traffic
officials in the area had come to his rescue on
time.
He said “He was still alive at about 12 noon
when I pa’s’sed the road to buy food.
Policemen, LASTMA officials and some KAI
officials were there. None of them seemed to
be bothered about him. I feared I might be
implicated if I attempted to help him. One has
to be very careful.”
A police officer, who identified himself as a
crime officer from the division, later walked to
the deceased who was holding a handkerchief;
searched his pockets and found a mobile phone
and some money. Through the contacts in
Simon’s phone, the officer got across to his
wife and friend, who arrived at the scene about
30 minutes later.
The wife, Florence, broke into tears on sighting
her husband, saying she had become worried
since 11.30am when his line indicated not
reachable. “He left home around 9am to visit a
friend around Agege and promised not to stay
long. I don’t know the person. I advised him
not to go because he was just recovering from
an illness, but he refused,” she said.
Simon’s friend, a resident of Agbado, told
PUNCH that he was shocked about his friend’s
death and could not make any comment. He,
however, said the deceased had checked on
him at about 9.30am.
The corpse has since been taken to a
mortuary. Lagos Police Public Relations Officer,
DSP Kenneth Nwosu, confirmed the incident.
credits: Afeez Hanafi