An elderly woman, identified as Mrs Affiong Peters, slumped and died while travelling in a commercial bus in Calabar, the Cross River State capital, on Saturday night.
The cause of her death was not immediately known, although some passengers speculated that she may have been under stress or had an underlying medical condition.
The Cross River State Police Command confirmed the incident in a statement issued on Sunday by its spokesperson, ASP Sunday Eitokpah.
According to the statement, the incident occurred at about 11:30 p.m. when the driver of a commercial minibus, Mr John Okon John, reported at Atakpa Police Station that one of his passengers had become unresponsive.
The police spokesman said the driver had picked up eight passengers from the popular Watt Market Roundabout in Calabar and was heading towards the Edgerly–Mbukpa–Afukam axis when the incident occurred along Edgerly Road, off William George, in Calabar South Local Government Area. Related News Cross River flood victims lament, seek government help Nine family members, two-month-old baby feared killed in fresh Plateau attack Five die in Cross River landslide
