A yet-to-be-identified man slumped and died inside the courtroom of an Ondo State High Court sitting in Oka, Ondo, in the Ondo West Local Government Area of the state on Wednesday.
The unfortunate incident forced the court to adjourn its sitting abruptly after the man reportedly slumped and died.
The deceased, said to be in his late 70s, was in court with his friend to stand as a witness in a case. The audience was awaiting the entrance of the judge when the incident occurred.
He was reported to have slumped and given up the ghost immediately, and all efforts to revive him were unsuccessful.
A court staff, confirming the death, said the man, who appeared healthy, just slumped without colliding with anything and died immediately.
“The man was in court with his friend, and suddenly he stood up from where he was seated and fell down, hitting his head on the tiles and passing away.
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“He didn’t seem like someone who was sick, and he did not collide with anything or anybody that we may say is the cause of his death,” he said.
Another source within the court, who identified himself as Tunde Ariyo, noted that the court clerk and some litigants in the court made efforts to get an ambulance to save the deceased.
The incident was reported at the Enu-Owa police division, and officers from the station removed the man’s remains to the mortuary.
When contacted, the police at Enu-Owa Police Division confirmed the incident and said the case would be transferred to the command’s headquarters in Akure.
