Security Guard Dies After Winning Drinking, Smoking Bet.

LAGOS—A security man, simply identified
as Thompson, has died after drinking a
bottle of a popular alcoholic drink and
smoking five sticks of cigarette in two
minutes, which were the terms of a bet he
entered into with others he met at a joint.
The incident happened at Agege area of
Lagos on May 7, after the deceased bought
bottles of Ogogoro (local gin) for his
drinking companions, who then challenged
him to finish a bottle of bitters and smoke
five sticks of cigarette within a stipulated
time.
If he had won, the friends would have paid
for everything he consumed. Vanguard
gathered that after agreeing to the terms,
the deceased opened the bottle of bitters,
drank it in less than two minutes, smoked
two sticks of cigarette, stood up and began
to walk away. His friend’s story His friend,
28-year-old Earnest Joseph, who had gone
out with him said:
“At about 8am, Thompson returned from
his security guard job, went inside his
room and slept. “Later in the afternoon, two
of his friends came. So I prepared Eba
because he had soup and we all ate. We
went out to a nearby local hot drink vendor,
popularly called Tee Sugar. Thompson
bought N50 quantity of Dongoyaro and
N30 sachet of Chelsea for each of us. “From
there we went to another vendor in the
neighbourhood and met some of
Thompson’s friends from his home town.
He ordered for two full bottles of local gin,
Ogogoro, which we drank together. “As
soon as we finished consuming the first
bottle, Thompson and his relatives began to
speak their local dialect, which I do not
understand. “All of a sudden, the vendor
brought a big bottle of bitters. I asked
Thompson if he was the one that ordered
for the bottle. He said his friends ordered it
and that he wants to prove to them that he
can drink a bottle of Alomo Bitters and five
sticks of cigarettes.
“I tried to stop him but he drank it in less
than two minutes, smoked two sticks of
cigarette and decided to leave. His relatives
called him back to smoke the remaining
three.” Trouble He said trouble started as
soon as he finished the fifth stick. He
reportedly became uncomfortable,
staggering, sweating profusely and
breathing heavily as he walked away.
Joseph said he took Thompson home on
okada. He was said to have vomited several
times and then died at about 8p.m. in his
room. Joseph said:
“I was arrested because I was the one that
brought him home in that condition.”
Confirming the incident, Lagos State Police
Public Relations Officer, Deputy
Superintendent of Police, Kenneth Nwosu,
said the suspect has been arrested and the
case transferred to the Homicide Division of
the Department of Criminal Investigation,
Yaba, Lagos