A 45-year-old man, simply identified as Kazeem, has drowned in a river at Odo Tente, a boundary community between Lagos and Ogun states.
It was gathered that Kazeem had consumed a substance suspected to be a hard drug known as Colorado. The drug reportedly caused him to act irrationally, after which he ran uncontrollably and jumped into the river.
Confirming the incident in a statement yesterday, the Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, said: “On 11/10/2024, 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.’’.
He further said detectives from the Alagbado Police Division visited the scene to assess the situation and took photographs of the deceased.
When the father of the deceased was contacted, he reportedly directed that Kazeem’s body be buried by the riverside according to their local customs.
Hundeyin noted that the police had launched an investigation into the incident.
