It was a typical TGIF for the crew… The week had been a good one. Temi just received his appointment letter from one of the new generation banks after four years of intense job search. I just got my first pay cheque from the biggest endorsement deal I ever scored. Certainly, there was more than enough reasons to turn up.
Bottles kept piling up and soon enough we introduced a drinking game. Simply put, who will be the last man standing. Then came the Tequila shots. The first round, second round, third, fourth, fifth, sixth and soon enough some of us started giving up. Not Temi though, he was set to win this competition like his job depended on it.
At about 4am, the night out was winding up and gradually each of us had to leave. Temi was obviously drunk, I offered to drive him home but no, he wouldn’t have anyone drive his mum’s favorite car. So I escorted him to the car, he managed to collapse into the driver’s seat, he starred at me like he wanted to say something, simply shook his head and drove off.
That was the last I saw Temi.
Woke up the next morning by a call from Temi’s aunt. ‘Prince, your nwanne is dead’. These exacts words stunned me. Words I will never forget.
Drunk driving is one of the leading causes of automobile accidents in Nigeria, yet this is one issue the society has treated with kid’s gloves. The driver who drives under the influence is not just a menace to himself and passengers but to other road users. Various measures must be taken to curb this menace.
Sales of alcohol in motor parks should be completely prohibited by relevant agencies and government.
There is an urgent need for clubs and bars to ensure cab services and/or drivers are provided for customers whom are visibly drunk. This should be compulsory
Road officers and police needs to be sensitized and provided with devices that could detect the level of alcohol consumption of drivers by measuring their blood alcohol concentration(BAC). Breathalyzers are a typical example of such devices.
Our laws on drunk driving need an urgent review and amendment. There is a need to define legally what constitutes as drunk driving. This quagmire constitutes a bottle-neck in the success of the various campaigns against drunk driving in Nigeria.
The law needs to spell at the concentration of alcohol in one’s system should be considered ‘drunk’ and otherwise not fit to drive. Different countries have their blood alcohol concentration (BAC) optimum at different levels. In Russia it’s a 0.04%, Ukraine has a level of 0.03% while the United States and Romania has theirs set at 0.08.
Finally there is a need to sensitize our citizens on the very many negative impacts of drunk driving. We have lost too much human capital to this menace. MY NAME IS PRINCE ALOZIE, MR UNIVERSITY AFRICA AND AM SAYING PLEASE
#DON’T DRIVE DRUNK.
Dey will neva hear. Wish dey will listen 2 u
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ReplyDeleteMa oke ma ngwere...
Don't mind the goat
DeleteLmao! Linda idi bad.
DeleteHe is right #say NO to drunk driving.
They will still not listen as if they have nine lives.
ReplyDeleteDrunk driving be killing peeps since 1900.
You know he was drunk yet you allowed him to drive. Mshewww! That's how a friend got drunk and wanted to drive, we carried him like a baby after much struggle and droped him at the backseat. See snoring!
ReplyDeleteOmo!!! See chest
ReplyDeleteSad story, but lessons learnt. I hope folks will stop this case of driving when drunk
ReplyDeleteYou are a fool to have allowed him to drive , most of you just seek attention on social media with situations, you should have siezed his car key when you saw he was drunk. I just hate this fake attention most people seek instead of acting
ReplyDeleteAm sure he is living with the guilt. So dont over judge him
DeleteU read my mind jare!! U shudnt hv let him drive.
DeletePls don't drink and drive oh, but some people never listen though. And it's common amongst nigerians.
ReplyDeleteThank God am alive 2 share my own tori here .Na so I drink 5 bottles of Origin ......... ? D rest na hospital , panel beater n d last was testimony in my church.
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I find his packs very disgusting.
ReplyDeleteExactly.. Ur not alone. D tyn looks so nyama nyama.
DeletePls, y did u allow him to drive when u knew he was drunk? Would have forcefully taken dt key frm him, get another friend to hold him in d back seat and drive d car urself, since u were sober than him na. Na wa sef.
ReplyDeleteNice campaign!!! Boys help your fellow boys
ReplyDeletea.k.a EDWIN CHINEDU AZUBUKO said...
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ReplyDeleteWhat a tragic end to a young life.
Preach it hun....experience has made someone obviously young to be responsible... Is it the best teacher after all?
Desist from drunk driving people! Life is precious.
Lol I drink and still drive well Sha but I wouldn't advise anyone to do that please.life na per head.
DeleteGood morning Bvs
ReplyDeleteAlmost lost my cousin 2weeks ago too.
ReplyDeleteAfter a night out, he slept off on the wheel, car is almost beyond repair. Dude was lucky cos he only broke his nose in all. I saw d car and i almost collapsed. I wld hv collapsed sef if nt that he was d 1 that called me that he had an accident and was walkin 2 d hospital cos its close. That boy sef...he was busy hitying on the dr treating him when i walked into d emergency room. Av banned him frm drivin at night henceforth...e no even get car again sef to drive for now
Oh dear!
ReplyDeleteMessage digested, story was concocted but if real, then in a bid to pass across the intended moral, you gave yourself off as irresponsible and partly responsible for your friend's demise. Wondering how ??? Well, you watched a drunk man collapse into his driving seat and even drove off in that state.....He had lost his cognitive ability and you had yours at a higher level, that was the apt time to intervene....Prevention has always been better than cure, but unfortunately, Death isn't an ailment and in this case, struck even after informing you guys bout its presence on that table when the drinks were flowing like sweet crude flows from the unconsolidated reservoirs of the Bonga.
ReplyDeleteLi-yon Vls.
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DeleteThis guy is not fine......
ReplyDeleteThose words are just like pouring water on a rock.... na today? they will not adhere to it
ReplyDeleteI was in line in a small traffic on abuloma road one evening n d next thin was gbum! From behind. I hit d steering with my face, I was bleeding slightly from my lips, d force made my vehicle hit d one in front. I was saying Jesus Jesus, I got myself together n came down from d car. Looked at the boot thinking it was shattered, thankfully just a tear on the bumper(i hail toyota dat day). I walked to d car dat hit me from behind, d dude wound down smiled and said sorry dear. I vex! Told him to get down n explain this rubbish. He got down, I realised he was drunk to stupor, my vexation increase. I call my uncle for airforce base to send me his boys, they came quick. They told d guy he either drops 2ok for d stress he has caused me or follow dem n be handed to the police for drunk driving. He chose to pay. Of course no damage was done to my car (he was paying for driving drunk) he searched his waller car every thing that came out was 19500, I took d money n let him go. If he remembers d money he spent he no go drive drunk again.
ReplyDeleteYou are a thief, you took advantage of his condition, that is bad whatever you do ro someone will be done to u
DeleteFake story but true talk
ReplyDeleteAm a living testimony, me and my friends had been driven by a drunken friend last year Xmas , how we got home was a testimony, the rest slept off but I couldn't close my eyes seeing how the baddo was just moving out from his lane to hit others, Kai I just give God almighty the glory, don't drink much if yu know yu ll drive. Thats the gospel truth.
ReplyDeleteCome Mr universe abi na planet space. Y did you guys drink so much that TEMI became drunk and non of you were wise enough to drive him home. receive sense and address the issue. what is the drinking limit in nigeria. and how can we pass it to LAW.
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