The British Deputy High Commissioner to Nigeria, Ambassador Peter Carter Leslie, slumped and died Tuesday from a possible heart attack on arrival at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos.

The deceased who arrived Lagos on United Airlines Flight UA143 at 3.50 pm local time slumped in the avio-bridge while he was alighting from the aircraft.

THISDAY gathered that officials from British High Commission and the Port Health Services tried to resuscitate him with oxygen but the effort failed.

“We have an incident here. The UK Deputy High Commissioner who just arrived this afternoon on a United Airlines flight just slumped as he was coming out of the aircraft and died. He is being evaluated at this moment,” an informed source told THISDAY.


Nobody knew the cause of the death or if he was sick onboard the aircraft, but a worker with one of the aviation handling companies disclosed that he saw the gathering of officers from the high commission who kept mum and looked solemn, before he learnt about the tragic incident.

THISDAY learnt that as the deceased was leaving the aircraft, he started gasping for breath and needed oxygen which was brought to resuscitate him but failed to recover.

Efforts to get the confirmation of the British High Commission in Lagos and Abuja, as well as the Minister of Foreign Affairs, proved unsuccessful yesterday, as calls to the commission and the ministry were unanswered.

However, a letter written by the Federal Ministry of Health Port Health Services, which was signed by Doctors E.E. Ukatu and Abdullai, and was made available to THISDAY by airport sources, stated: “The Port Health Services was called today (2/9/14) by a FAAN (Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria) medical nurse at about 4.07 pm from the D arrival screening point to see a passenger (the deceased) said to have arrived onboard a United Airlines flight from Houston, Texas.

“It was reported that after disembarking, the passenger was observed to be clutching his chest and asking for help.

“In the course of examination, he was asked if he was Asthmatic, and he said ‘MAY BE’.

"On examination, he was found to be pale, in respiratory distress (gasping for breath), his pulse was rapid and thready. Based on his response to the question if he was asthmatic, a Ventolin inhaler was administered, but was not effective, as the patient was restless and threw off the inhaler to the floor. He was placed on the left lateral position and at the same time, oxygen was called for.

“Efforts were made to administer oxygen, while a second doctor was called and suction applied via a suction machine to clear the airway.
“Subsequently, the patient suffered a cardio-pulmonary arrest; the radial and carotid pulses were no longer palpable and patient was observed to be cyanosed. Attempts at resuscitation proved abortive. Pupils were fixed and dilated and patient was certified dead at 4.26 pm.”

source: http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/uk-deputy-high-commissioner-slumps-dies-at-lagos-airport/188078/?

Thank God it isn't ebola!

Dese Pple Shld Stay In Deir Country Na

No man knows when his clock will tick last. Do your best to be prepared....

...there is judgment

So dem send am come naija as he reach fear catch am abi na wetin?

Have u ever travelled out and back? Do u notice the moment u get off the plane into the avio-bridge, u just feel this strong heat, u can find urself gasping for breathe cos of the poor ventilation. It's like there's no AC at the place.

martyns303: Have u ever travelled out and back? Do u notice the moment u get off the plane into the avio-bridge, u just feel this strong heat, u can find urself gasping for breathe cos of the poor ventilation. It's like there's no AC at the place.

You have said it all, the moment you get off the plane, what hits you in terms of humidity and heat is indescribable. The guy sef no try, its either you are asthmatic or you are not.

This is serious

martyns303: Have u ever travelled out and back? Do u notice the moment u get off the plane into the avio-bridge, u just feel this strong heat, u can find urself gasping for breathe cos of the poor ventilation. It's like there's no AC at the place.

^^^You not yet in Nigeria until you feel da heat......literally!

It's like the feeling you get when you open the doors to an oven!

Sad !

Na heart attack catch d guy!!
On his way 2 nigeria, he was thinking:: bokoharam, kidnapping, ebola, armed robbers, bad road,e.t.c, na hm heart attack catch am ooo.
Nigeria has bcome a living hell walahi.
Well. R.i.p 2 d dead

May his soul rest in perfect peace. Amen.

At least he died serving his country. RIP LESLIE

God help us.

What an embarrassment..

He could have suffered a heart attack or embolism from the flight.

A message to all Nigerians who take their health lightly.. check your blood pressure and sugar levels.. Death is silent and patient. it will catch you unawares

Yeahreen: Dese Pple Shld Stay In Deir Country Na

What is this one saying? Do you know who/what a Deputy High Commissioner is?

thorpido: He could have suffered a heart attack or embolism from the flight.

i beg to differ. It looks more like hypoxic hypoxia leading to anoxia and resultant tissue death. It was reported he became cyanotic. Don't forget also that brain death occurs if the brain is starved of Oxygen for more than 4 minutes.
Embolism has nothing to do with flight. Embolism is as a result of obstructions in the blood stream, preventing easy blood flow.

oh its now the white dude its heart attack but if it was one black skinned you might have seen the name ebola anywhere in the article.

wow may his soul rest in peace. another bad news tagging nigeria hmmm

anyway.....