A middle-aged man died while watching football at a bar along the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway on Thursday, May 16. The deceased, a regular at the bar, had been watching a football match before falling asleep.

When the match ended, attempts to wake him up were unsuccessful, and he was found motionless.

The police were informed, and the scene was visited by detectives from the Elere Police Division, who found no signs of violence.

The body has been taken to the Mainland General Hospital mortuary for an autopsy, and efforts are being made to trace the man's family.

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.”