Dispatch Rider Who Jumped Into Lagos Lagoon Was On Hard Drugs – Police

The Lagos State Police Command has given an update on the dispatch rider whose corpse was recently recovered after jumping into a lagoon.

The man has been identified as Buka Abana, who according to the police, was a drug addict who has been taking synthetic cannabinoids, popularly called Colorado

Colorado is a cocktail of psychotropic drugs commonly used by many Nigerian youths. He left home for two days and in the process of searching for him, he sighted the family members and jumped into the lagoon as soon as he saw them.

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Lagos state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin said;

“The man’s name is Buka Abana. He was aged 30. He had been taking Colorado hard drugs. He left home for two days and in the process of searching for him, he sighted the family members and jumped into the lagoon as soon as he saw them.”

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Recall that the dispatch rider jumped off the Lekki-Ikoyi link bridge into the lagoon on August 8, 2023.

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