Man dies after 4 crates of beer

The love of beer has sent a man to his early grave

A middle aged man reportedly drink is way to the afterlife in Shasha, a suburb of Alimosho LG in Lagos, western Nigeria.

As reported by P.M.NEWS,the man simple identified as Femi Aluko was a well-known drunkard in the area, the deceased was said to be boasting to people that he could finish 4 crates of beer and his fellow beer parlour attendees decided to challenge him to prove his words and they paid for the drinks.

However, after Aluko finished the four crates of beer he became heavily drunk and fell into the gutter on his way back home.

It was learnt that none of the residents tried to help him out of the gutter because he was already a well known street drunk who usually sleeps in odd places after getting drunk.

But apparently the fall was a fatal one and that would be his last fall unfortuantely.

The deceased was later found dead the next morning still laying in the gutter.

According to a resident, Mrs Nike Salawu she said the late Aluko has been encouraged to stop his drinking addiction but because he had family challenges for several years, heavy drinking of alcohol was the only way he thought of dealing with his problem.

Confirming the incident, spokesman for The Nigerian Police Force, Shasha division said his corpse was taken to the General Hospital, Igando for autopsy before his family showed up to claim is remains for burial.

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