There was confusion at the Ilasamaja bus stop along the Oshodi-Apapa Expressway on Thursday when pedestrians found a middle-aged man stripped half-naked and lying dead beside his vehicle.
According to Punch, the man identified as Emmanuel Ochugbu, was found by pedestrians and motorists lying beside a Toyota Camry 2004 model, believed to be his vehicle, around 6am.
It was said that the 60-year-old Ochugbu lived at Taofik Street in the Aboru area of Lagos.
Some passersby were of the opinion that the man could have been poisoned and struggled to get to the location where he eventually died while others believed that he was killed by suspected assassins, who made it look like an accident.
He said,
“The man was lying in the middle of the smaller expressway. It was shocking to see an elderly man in that manner. He foamed at the mouth and looked as if he had been dead since last night.
“People tried to find identification on him, but I am not sure they did. No one around knew his face or where his house was. It was just so unfortunate.”
The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Kenneth Nwosu, while confirming the incident, added that the corpse had been deposited at a morgue in Yaba.
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