Monday, October 14, 2024 - A 45-year-old man identified simply as Kazeem, has drowned in a river at Odo Tente, a boundary community between Lagos and Ogun states.
The incident is reported to have occurred on Friday, around 11 am.
Before the incident, Kazeem was said to have
taken a hard drug suspected to be Colorado.
The deceased who soon started to act under
the influence of the drug, reportedly ran uncontrollably and jumped into the
river.
The Lagos State Police Public Relations
Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, while confirming the incident in a statement on
Sunday stated that Kazeem drowned in the process.
The statement read, “On 11/10/2024 at about
11 am, a complainant reported at the Alagbado Division that one Kazeem, ‘M’,
aged 45, under the influence of a hard drug suspected to be Colorado, ran
uncontrollably and jumped into a river at the Odo Tente boundary between Lagos
and Ogun states. Sequel to this, the victim drowned and died.”
Hundeyin further stated that detectives from the Alagbado
Division visited the scene and took photographs of the deceased.
The police spokesman added that the father
of the deceased when contacted, directed that the corpse be buried immediately
by the riverside according to their tradition
He however noted that the police had
commenced an investigation into the incident.
Federal Ministry of Youth Development had on
January 31 said it was ready to partner the National Drug Law Enforcement
Agency in raising awareness and providing rehabilitation and skills acquisition
for Nigerian youths afflicted by the scourge of substance abuse.
The Director, Media & Advocacy, Femi
Babafemi, who made this known in a statement stated that the Minister of Youth
Development, Jamila Bio Ibrahim, gave the assurance during her visit to the
Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohammed Buba Marwa
(retd.) in the Agency’s headquarters in Abuja.
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