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Man dies while undergoing 19 days dry fast in Lagos

A 58-year-old unnamed man has died while embarking on a spiritual dry fasting.

The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this to newsmen on Tuesday in Lagos.

Hundeyin said that the incident happened in the Alagbado axis of the state on Monday at about 600 am.

The PPRO said the deceased younger brother, whose name was not also mentioned, reported the incident at the Alagbado Police Division at about 7pm on Monday.

According to him, the younger brother said his brother died while allegedly undergoing 19 days of dry fasting.

Hundeyin said, “No foul play suspected, family demands to convey the corpse for burial.”

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