Ondo: Witness slumps, dies inside court

• The deceased, who was in court to testify in a case involving his friend, passed away before court proceedings began

A yet-to-be-identified man who was pencilled to testify at a court proceeding in Ondo State has died.

The septuagenarian reportedly collapsed and died inside an Ondo State High Court in Oka, Ondo.

The deceased, who was in court to testify in a case involving his friend, passed away before court proceedings began, the Nation reports.

A court staff, who spoke in confidence, disclosed that the seemingly healthy septuagenarian collapsed suddenly without any apparent interaction or collision with anyone or anything.

According to him: “The man was in court with his friend and suddenly, he stood up where he was seated and fell down, hitting his head on the tiles and he passed on.

“He didn’t look like someone who was sick and he did not collide with anything or anybody that we may say was the cause of his death.

Another witness, Tunde Ariyo, said policemen from the Enu-Owa Police Division were called in to take the deceased to the mortuary.

Police sources at the Enu-Owa Police Division have confirmed the incident and said the case has been transferred to the homicide section of the police headquarters in Akure.