A Nigerian man died Friday morning while serving a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in his home country, a spokesman said.

“Samuel Joseph Iseh, Jr., age 20, experienced a sudden health episode (unrelated to COVID-19) and was taken to the hospital where he passed away,” church spokesman Sam Penrod said Friday night in a statement. “Elder Iseh is from Port Harcourt, Nigeria, and had been serving since May 2019.”

Iseh was serving in the Nigeria Lagos Mission.

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“We express our deepest sympathies to his family and friends and pray they will be comforted during this difficult time,” Penrod said.

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