By Alfred Kollie
A 25year-old man has died in Liberia’s northeastern Lofa County, after reportedly drinking at once a liter of the local alcoholic beverage, cane juice made from sugarcane.
Eyewitnesses told www.newspublictrust that the deceased and his friend had gone to a local shop in a town to have a drink, when he allegedly threw out a challenge to anyone who can consume one liter of the spirit, vowing he’s the one.
The man, only identified as Old many is said to have told his colleagues that he could finish the one litter cane juice and that nothing would happen to him. The one liter was purchased and he took up the challenge.
According to a local police investigation, while drinking the one liter of canejuice, old man fell, later rushed to the hospital in the provincial capital, Voinjama, but he was pronounced dead upon arrival.
Eyewitness said the incident occurred recently in a town of Kpadema outside Voinjama.
The man was said to be death his wife and other family members.
Reports from the area say this is the second of such incident in the area in recent times. Four months ago in the Zorzor district near Voinjama a man also challenged a group of friends at a local business center that he could drink several bottles of another local spirit, carlao. But he died shortly after consuming the large quantity of the alcoholic beverage.
Police later set free suspects that were said to be involved in drinking betting spell.
Residents of the town are calling on government to reduce the numbers of drinking bars and reduce the level production of alcoholic beverages, in order to avoid such problems in the county.
At the same time, Police in Lofa County are currently investigating the death of Benny Worzie, a 30-year-old man who went missing on the 2th of December 2017 in Kolahun District.
This is the second of such case in the Wolukoha Clan, Kolahun District Wolukoha clan.
Benny Worzie mysteriously disappeared in Yendemoilahun town during routine town chores.
But on Wednesday December 6, 2017, his lifeless body was discovered in a creek few miles away from the town.
Preliminary investigation by the Liberia Nation Police show that he might have died as a result of drowning.
Worzie disappeared days after he was tipped to be the possible successor of Kolahun District Commissioner, Morris Tamba, who died in November this year.
Police have rounded up seven suspects, including some sectional chiefs, as persons of interest in the disappearance of the 30-year old man.
They had conducted an election in the district, when the Liberian constitution says only the President can appoint Commissioner.
Lofa County has in recent time suffered several killing and setback as a result of natural disasters.
Report said citizens in the area are now living in fear as a result mysterious deaths and reports of ritualistic killings.