A businessman and foreign exchange dealer named Suleiman Yerima has been reported dead. He reportedly died while being detained in Kirikiri prison by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

According to PRNigeria, Yerima died last Friday during the end of Ramadan fasting prayers on the Muslim Praying Ground in Kirikiri prison.

He suddenly slumped while prayers were ongoing and was subsequently rushed to the medical facility by prison officials and the visiting imams, where he was later pronounced death.

Although results of the autopsy on the corpse was still being awaited, Yerima is believed to have died of natural causes as preliminary examinations showed that he suffered a sudden cardiac arrest, which led to his slumping during the prayers.

Janeth J