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 occurred on Friday, around 11 am after the deceased took a hard drug suspected to be Colorado.
It was gathered that Kazeem started to act under the influence of the drug, running uncontrollably before jumping into the river.
The spokesperson of the Lagos State Police Command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the incident in a statement on Sunday.
“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, the boundary between Lagos and Ogun states. Sequel to this, the victim drowned and died,” the statement read.
The PPRO further stated that detectives from the Alagbado Division visited the scene and took photographs of the deceased.
Hundeyin 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.