Alhaji Suleiman Yerima, an EFCC suspect reportedly slumped and died at the Kirikiri Prisons, Lagos.      

Alhaji Suleiman Yerima, a foreign exchange dealer and businessman, remanded at the Kirikiri Prisons, Lagos, has died after slumping at the mosque, THISDAY has exclusively gathered.

Yerima died exactly three weeks after he was transferred and remanded to the prison pending court judgment on his case instituted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

His ordeal started about three months ago after he was arrested and detained by the commission over a N120 million forex deal that went awry. After the news of his death was broken to his family, they reportedly refused to accept the corpse until the prisons service satisfactorily explains why and how he died.

An impeccable source who spoke to THISDAY on account of anonymity said the deceased died on Eid-el-Fitr day at the prisons mosque while prayers were going on.

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SOURCE: THIS DAY