Female passenger dies in Lagos airport toilet
A middle-aged female passenger was on
Wednesday found dead in one of the toilets at the international wing of the
Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos.
It was gathered that the passenger, whose
identity was not revealed, was billed to travel to Abu Dhabi, United Arabs
Emirates, on Etihad Airways.
Sources said the deceased was on her way to
the UAE to seek medical treatment for an undisclosed ailment.
She was said to have suffered a bout of pain which made her
rush to the toilet, where she died.
According to the General Manager, Corporate
Affairs, Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, Mr. Yakubu Dati, the corpse was
discovered at about 6.30am.
Dati said the remains of the deceased had
been taken to the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja, for autopsy.
The FAAN spokesman, however, declined to
reveal the identity of the passenger.
He said, “We will not reveal the identity of
the deceased for now. Presently, we are working to inform the relatives of the
passenger. We will still obtain the autopsy report and observe certain
procedure. It is when we have done all these that the identity of the dead
passenger will be made public.”
Punch
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