Tragedy struck in Akure, the Ondo State capital on Monday when an 80-year-old man, Mr. Olusa Ayodele, slumped and died while waiting for his turn to be screened at the ongoing verification of Federal Government pensioners.
The octogenarian, who retired in 1984 from the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, was taken to the venue of the screening by his 30-year-old son, Mr. Deji Ayodele.www.mannastores.com
It was gathered that no sooner had the man and his son arrived in Akure from their home town, Akunnu-Akoko, than he started feeling uncomfortable and vomitting.
His son was said to have alerted the officials in charge of the exercise to his father’s unstable condition but no step was taken to save the situation.
Deji told our correspondent that his father was suffering from malaria and had been taking drugs in the last five days. “My father was sick and this made it difficult for him to walk. I have to carry him on my back to this place. When he started vomiting, I shouted for help but there were no medical personnel on ground to offer first aid treatment,” he said.
Our correspondent, who arrived at the scene around 11.30am, reported that the corpse was lying on the bare floor for about two hours before the attention of the state government was drawn to it.
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