The Edo State Commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Gbenga Agun, has died after collapsing at a public event in Benin City on Thursday.
As reported by Daily Post, Agun was attending a programme organised by the International Association of World Peace Advocates when he slumped shortly after delivering a keynote address.
He was immediately rushed to the Military Hospital along Airport Road, Benin City, but doctors confirmed him dead on arrival.
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As of press time, neither the Edo State Command nor the NSCDC national headquarters had issued an official statement on the incident.

