Night guard found dead at LG office in Ondo

Business activities were paralysed at the office of the Multinational Electronic Company, LG office in Akure, the Ondo State capital, following the sudden death of a security night guard employed by the company.

The guard man, who was identified simple as Taiwo, was found dead at the entrance of the office which was located very close to Adegbola junction along Oyemekun road in the state capital.

There was no form of violent or robbery at the office that might have caused his death, but people at the area said he might have died of cardiac arrest.

Police officers attached to the A’ Division in Akure condoned the area and moved the dead body to the mortuary.

A staff of the organisation, who did not want his name mentioned, said the late Taiwo was active in the office and showed no sign of any illness before the close of work.

While expressing shock over the death of the security man, he added there was no form of injury or mark in his body.

“He is our security man for this office and he has been doing it for some time now. We were together yesterday (Wednesday) before we departed for our different homes after work.

“He was so lively and agile and he showed no sign of sickness for us to come this morning now and found his dead body here is socking and unfortunate,” he said.

A woman, who said the late Taiwo stays in her house, said he was too young to work as a security because of his age.

The old woman, who spoke in Yoruba, noted that he had warned him against taken up the job because of what she described ‘as the peculiarities attached to being a security guard.

“This boy stays in our house at Ayedun and he works here as security guard. He is too young to do the work and I had warned him to stop it because of the things involved in doing guard, especially in night,” she said.

The Police Public Relations Officer of the state command, Femi Joseph, said the command had begun investigation to unravel the cause of the death.

The PPRO added that some workers of the office had been invited for further interrogation.

‘Tosin Ajuwon, Akure