A Guardian Newspapers journalist, Gbenga Fakorede, was found dead in his apartment at Igando area of Lagos State, yesterday.
Fakorede, 50, was said to be hail and hearty when he slept in the night only for people to discover that he had given up the ghost in his room.
It was gathered that his close friend, Sulaimon Ogunsakin was the person that reported the case at Igando police station.
Lagos State police command has described the death as “sudden and unnatural.”
The command spokesperson, SP Dolapo Badmos said the deceased was residing “at No 9, Kajola Street, Igando, in Lagos.”
“There was a report that one Gbenga Fakorede about 50 years old, a journalist with the Guardian Newspapers, who hailed from Ekiti State was found dead this morning at about 7.10 am in his room. Case was reported by his friend, one Ogunsakin Sulaimon. Investigation is still in progress,” he said.