Admin l Monday, October 09, 2017
IKEJA, Lagos, Nigeria – Controversy has continued to trail the death of Tagbo Emeike, who died in controversial circumstances last week. , Elejo and Caroline Danjuma, two highly placed individuals at a party with him in Lekki, had alleged that until his death Tagbo was last seen with the controversial musician, David O at a party in Lekki.
Danjuma specifically testified in her post that the musician dropped him off in his car at a hospital. David O however denied having anything to do with the death, forcing the Nigeria Police Force to invite David O and others for questioning.
What followed was release of an autopsy on the death of Tagbo Emeike. According to the autopsy, Tagbo Emeike had alcohol and drugs in his system capable of easing a person into the early stages of hypothermia and eventual death.
“The toxicology tests detected alcohol (Bacardi 151, 75.5% Alcohol) and topiramate, a medication for epilepsy and/or migraines in a man’s system, in Tagbo Umeike.’ Tagbo’s blood-alcohol concentration (BAC) was at 0.112, higher than the 0.08 legal limit for normal human being, the coroner’s office stated, adding “Alcohol and topiramate are synergistic. When combined, the effect of either or both drugs is enhanced.
“Topiramate, like alcohol, can cause dizziness, impaired memory, impaired concentration, poor coordination, confusion and impaired judgment. Central nervous system depression, or impairment, combined with cold exposure can hasten the onset of hypothermia and death, the coroner said.
This is coming even as Tagbo’s family claimed that their son “didn’t have a prescription for any type of topiramate medication”, as the coroner had claimed, thus disclaiming the report.
Besides, the purported coroner’s report seemed to be a cloned copy of Kenneka Jenkins’ autopsy, released by CBS Chicago.
”According to CBS Chicago, a Medical Examiner’s Office autopsy revealed that cold exposure was a substantial factor in the death of 19-year-old’s Kenneka Jenkins. She was also found to have alcohol and drugs in her system capable of better easing her into the early stages of hypothermia, later leading to her death.
“Toxicology tests detected alcohol and topiramate, a medication for epilepsy and/or migraines in a woman’s system, in Jenkins’. Her blood-alcohol concentration (BAC) was at 0.112, higher than the 0.08 legal limit for driving in the state of Illinois, the coroner’s office stated.
“Alcohol and topiramate are synergistic. When combined, the effect of either or both drugs is enhanced. Topiramate, like alcohol, can cause dizziness, impaired memory, impaired concentration, poor coordination, confusion and impaired judgment,” a news release said. “Central nervous system depression, or impairment, combined with cold exposure can hasten the onset of hypothermia and death.”
Jenkins didn’t have a prescription for any type of topiramate medication, according to her family. The coroner’s office claims the amount of drug in Jenkins’ system was in the “therapeutic range.”
