Policeman Drinks Himself to Death After Quarreling With Girlfriend

A police officer identified as Sergeant Godspower Okoro has been pronounced dead after drinking himself to stupor.

He allegedly drank himself to death after having a disagreement with his girlfriend. The incident occurred in Lagos State.

Punch reports that Okoro, who was attached to the Alausa Police Division, was found dead in his rented apartment on Baale Street, Ojodu Berger, around 8am on Sunday.

It was gathered that the policeman had returned from duty around 7pm on Friday, reportedly drunk and did not go out until he was discovered dead two days later by his girlfriend. The girlfriend, who had allegedly complained about his bad drinking habit, reportedly planned to take him to a church that morning.

However, the landlord’s wife, who identified herself simply as Iya Nimota, said she last saw Okoro around 7pm on Friday when he returned from work.

She said, “I don’t know what caused his death but I know he drank a lot. When he returned from work that Friday, he was drunk. I saw him when he arrived. “He was supposed to go for a morning duty on Saturday but I learnt he called his superior that he was weak and would not be able to go. It was his girlfriend who came on Sunday that found him dead. She raised the alarm and called for help.

“She said she had a disagreement with him on Friday when they met in Alausa because he was tipsy. She said she wanted to take him to a church for prayers on Sunday when she saw his corpse.

“My husband went to report at the Ojodu Police Station and some policemen came to remove his corpse. Nobody was arrested. He was friendly. Heavy drinking was his major problem.”

Also another resident added: “He was drunk on that Friday. He fell on the street when he was about to reach home and some people lifted him up. They wanted to take him home, but he refused.

“When he initially moved in here four years ago, he was not drinking. His friends cautioned him to reduce his drinking habit. If he had a wife, probably he would have changed,” he added.

The case was confirmed by the Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Dolapo Badmos. He added that a postmortem would be carried out on his body to ascertain the cause of his death.

Okoro's body has been deposited at the Mainland General Hospital, Lagos State, waiting autopsy to unravel the cause of his death.