{"id":134416,"date":"2024-10-15T23:22:24","date_gmt":"2024-10-15T22:22:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/tragedy-as-man-drowns-in-lagos-river"},"modified":"2024-10-16T00:25:26","modified_gmt":"2024-10-15T23:25:26","slug":"tragedy-as-man-drowns-in-lagos-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/tragedy-as-man-drowns-in-lagos-river","title":{"rendered":"Tragedy as man drowns in Lagos River"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>A 45-year-old man, identified as Kazeem, has drowned in a river at Odo Tente, a boundary community between Lagos and Ogun states.<\/p>\n<p>Kazeem allegedly had consumed a substance suspected to be a hard drug known as Colorado before the incident occurred.<\/p>\n<p>The substance reportedly made him act irrationally, after which he ran uncontrollably and jumped into the river.<\/p>\n<p>The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the incident in a statement on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn 11\/10\/2024, about 11 am, a complainant reported at the Alagbado Division that one Kazeem, \u2018M\u2019, 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,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The PPRO added that detectives from the Alagbado Police Division visited the scene to assess the situation and took photographs of the deceased.<\/p>\n<p>He stated that when the father of the deceased was contacted, he reportedly directed that the riverside bury Kazeem\u2019s body according to their local customs.<\/p>\n<p>The image maker noted that the police had investigated the incident.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About Nigeria Follow Africa-Press<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. A 45-year-old man, identified as Kazeem, has drowned in a river at Odo Tente, a boundary community between Lagos and Ogun states. Kazeem allegedly had consumed a substance suspected to be a hard drug known as Colorado before the incident occurred. 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