The Eid el-Kabir celebration was marred in different
areas of Lagos yesterday, following the death of two
persons.
The Shocking Revelation About Him
Vanguard reports that one of the celebrants
collapsed and died during a drinking competition at
Orile, Iganmu area of state. The second victim, it was
gathered, who was returning from a friend’s home
was crushed by a vehicle at Ikeja, on Agege Motorway
in his attempt to cross the road.
On the dead drinker, an eyewitness said that he was
with some of his friends on Adeyeye Street, where
they were competing on who would finish the largest
quantity of a local gin, popularly called
sepe.
The victim, identified as Onyibo, was said to have
gulped down 13 small-sized plastic containers of the
local gin, while the other eight competitors were on
three, four, six and 10 plastics, respectively. He was
reportedly on the 14th when he started coughing.
An eyewitness, who gave his name as Kunle Fagba,
said:
“He was offered water but he kept coughing and held
on to his chest. Before we knew it, he started
vomiting blood and then slumped. At that point,
everyone was afraid.His friends, who earlier
contemplated on taking him to the hospital,
abandoned him at his mechanic workshop and fled.
One of the competitors even fell while running away.
“We were told they had a bet of N5,000 on whoever
could finish 20 plastics of sepe. Some of the plastics
were bought from local vendors, while they brought
some along with them.”Police Policemen from Orile
Division, who were contacted, arrived the scene and
removed the body. A Police source said:
“One Asimiu reported that a man popularly known as
Onyibo was found dead in his shop at Alafia Bus Stop.
Onyibo and his friends, mostly touts and street
urchins, were seen drinking heavily during the day.
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They were competing on who would finish some
bottles of some locally-brewed spirit, popularly called
Sepe. From what we gathered, it was during the
drinking spree that Onyibo collapsed. His friends,
who tried to revive him immediately took him away.
But when they were unable to bring him back to life,
they quickly abandoned him at a workshop and fled
for fear of possible arrest by police. We gathered
that he (Onyibo) was popular in the area, but no one
knows where he came from. We have taken his body
away. No member of his family has shown up.”
