A middle-aged man has slumped and died while allegedly having sex with a woman at a hotel in Ikere Ekiti, headquarters of the Ikere Local Government Area of Ekiti State.

Punch reports that the incident happened in the hotel room where the man, identified as an herbalist, went to meet the lady on Monday.

A source, who said the woman was the wife of a cleric in one of the churches in the area, expressed surprise at the incident.

She was quoted to have said: “The man died in the hotel room while having sex with the woman. The woman raised the alarm after realising that the man collapsed.

“The manager of the hotel and some residents rushed to the scene and immediately took the man to a nearby hospital, where he was confirmed dead. I want to believe the woman was spiritually laced with native thunderbolt.”

The state Police Public Relations Officer, Sunday Abutu, who confirmed the incident, said investigations had commenced on the circumstances that led to the man’s death.