Witness Dies In Lagos Court Coughing Blood
There was a sad occurrence yesterday at the premises of the Lagos High Court in Ikeja when a yet to be identified witness died in the court after vomiting blood.
The unidentified man had come before the court presided over by Justice Olaide Olayinka to give evidence in a land suit.
The court building was one of the old building behind the new court complex within the Ikeja Court premises.
Eyewitnesses revealed that he was already inside the witness box when he started coughing and could no longer control the cough, he was said to have rushed out of the courtroom.
He was alleged to have started coughing blood as he rushed out of the courtroom.
However, he could not make it to the ground floor of the one story building as he collapsed very near the steps.
People could not get near him as they claim to be scared by the amount of blood that he coughed out.
He later died on the spot where he collapsed. His relatives in court later brought in a Volvo ambulance which took the corpse away.
Journalists still met massive clots of blood around the toilet area which is very close to the court building. The sandals of the deceased and some clothes used to wipe blood away were also there.
Court cleaners later cleaned the corridors and courtroom with disinfectants. The smell of the disinfectant used in cleaning the courtroom was still heavy inside the courtroom when journalist visited the court.
No court official was ready to answer questions over the incident.
A court registrar who spoke on condition of anonymity revealed that the man did not die inside the courtroom but on the corridor.
“We heard the noise of commotion but he did not happen inside the court”, he concluded.