Mysterious death of a British man in a Lagos hotel raises a red flag for foreigners visiting Nigeria

• –A 55-year-old Briton, Gibson Mark Damien, was found dead at a Lagos hotel 

• He was certified dead by a doctor before his corpse was deposited at a morgue A British national identified as Gibson Mark Damien, was found dead inside a hotel located in Lekki, Lagos. 

The lifeless body of the 55-year-old man was discovered at about 12 am at Churchill Lodge on Thursday, August 11, The Nation reports. 
Confirming the incident, the spokesperson of the state police command, Dolapo Badmos, said the hotel manager, Ihuoma Ubani, reported that Damien, who was a guest in the hotel, was found motionless. 

A Doctor from Ave Maria Specialist Hospital in Oniru was contacted to examine him, and he was certified dead. 
“The doctor certified the British man dead, and his corpse was after that deposited at a morgue for autopsy,” the police spokesperson added. The cause of his death is yet unknown. 

Until his death, the deceased worked with Port to Port Office in Victoria Island. 
Last month, a woman was found dead at a hotel in Prince Adeyemi Street, Ikotun, Lagos. The police launched a manhunt for a man suspected to have murdered her. 

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