The police in Lagos says a 45-year-old man, identified as Kazeem, has allegedly jumped into a river and died after taking hard drugs suspected to be Colorado.
The command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this in an interview on Sunday.
The spokesperson said that the Alagbado Police Division, on Friday at about 11:00 am got information about the incident.
Mr Hundeyin said the informant told the police that the deceased was under the influence of suspected hard drugs, ran uncontrollably and jumped into a river at Odo Tente, boundary between Lagos and Ogun.
He said the deceased allegedly drowned in the river before help could come.
The spokesperson said the scene was visited by detectives from the division and photographed the area, while the corpse was evacuated.
Mr Hundeyin said that the father of the deceased, when contacted through the telephone, directed that the corpse should be buried immediately by the river side according to their tradition.
He said that investigation was ongoing.
(NAN)
