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France-bound passenger dies after receiving news of wife’s death at Lagos airport

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France-bound passenger dies after receiving news of wife's death at Lagos airport

A Nigerian passenger, Jude Oladapo, on Saturday slumped and died while undergoing boarding procedures at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos.

The spokesperson for the MMIA Police Command, DSP Joseph Alabi, confirmed the incident on Sunday in Lagos.

Alabi said the 44-year-old passenger was about to board an Air France flight when he suddenly slumped after receiving news of his wife’s death.

According to him, the incident happened at 5:30 p.m. and the deceased was confirmed dead by Dr. Ajayi Olamide of the MMIA Medical Clinic.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the corpse had been deposited at the Air Force Hospital Mortuary.

Meanwhile, Alabi also dismissed claims that a Royal Air Maroc aircraft, with registration number CN-ROR was burgled while landing at the airport on Friday.

He said the police had carried out an investigation and confirmed that all necessary security landing procedures were observed.

He said: “There is a standard procedure, which includes an escort vehicle following an aircraft that is landing, which will make it difficult for any invader to approach the aircraft.

“The aviation security officials confirmed that they arrived at the aircraft with its baggage cabin door already opened which might have been due to other factors.”

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