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.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/05/security-guard-dies-after-winning-drinking-smoking-bet/

Alcohol and cigarettes should be competely banned.

And marijuana should be legalized. It is healthier and there has never been any incidence where one died of weed overdose.

Non of them is good.