Man Dies During Sallah Celebration ( Ogogoro Competition)

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.
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.”