There was tension on Monday at the Kwara Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Ilorin as a director, Dr Khalid Ibrahim Ndaman, was found dead in his office.
It was gathered the deceased was a director of the veterinary in the ministry.
It was also gathered the late director was well and sound.
A staff of the same ministry, who had an official matter with him, found his lifeless body in his office, it was gathered.
“The staff knocked on his door, but no response so after some time he went inside.
“There was a pending official matter since Friday that he needed to conclude with him so he needed to see him.
“Having waited outside and no response the staff went inside the office and met him resting his head on the table.
“He greeted him no response until he moved close and touch him to realise that he’s already dead,” another staff confided in our reporter.”
Newsonspot.com.ng reports that there were controversies on the circumstances surrounding the death of the Director.
While a source said that Ndaman was found dead by some members of staff, another said that he slumped after reporting to duty on Monday morning and died.
The attention of his family members, whom sources said lived close to the ministry, was immediately called to the incident, Newsonspot.com.ng gathered.
A staff member, who preferred anonymity, described the deceased as the most generous Director in the Ministry.
The staff said: “He is from Tsaragi in Edu Local Government Area of Kwara and the corpse has been taken there for burial.
“The Ministry had wanted to take the corpse to the hospital for autopsy, but some family members said it was not necessary since he just slumped and died.”
Circumstances surrounding his death remained unclear at the time of this report.
When contacted, the spokesman of the Kwara State Police Command, SP Ajayi Okasanmi, confirmed the report.
Okasanmi, however, said police report had it that the man was found dead in his office.
He said: “The guy died in the office.
“It was discovered this morning that he died in the office.
He said: ”I’m aware of the incident. For now, it’s a case of sudden natural death until we complete the investigation. We will brief the press depending on the outcome of our findings.”
