A Junior Secondary School student in Ohafia, Arochukwu Local Government Area of Abia State whose identity is yet to be known, has reportedly died after he allegedly took ten tablets of Tramadol tablets.
This was disclosed by the State Commandant of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Mr. Akindele Akingbade on Wednesday in Umuahia, the Abia State capital while delivering lecture at a seminar his agency and Office of the Senior Special Assistant to Governor Okezie Ikpeazu on Narcotics and Abia State Drug Abuse Control Committee (ADCC) for patent drug dealers in Abia Central.
According to Akingbade, the student was said to have taken the tablets to enhance his performance during an inter-house sports competition being organized in his school that he was billed to participate in, but however could not live to see the event as he was said to have died shortly after taking the drugs.
The NDLEA Boss, who disclosed that Abia was among top ranked states in the country with high level of drug/substance abuse stated that the Governor of the state has been informed about the incident, said that efforts were being made to apprehend the seller as being directed by the Governor.
Akingbade who warned patent drug dealers against selling drugs without prescription from medical doctors or pharmacists to desist from such action and attributed high rate of criminal activities including armed robbery, rape, kidnapping etc as the negative effects of allowing illicit drugs or its substitute to get into the wrong hands.
He stated that apart from the agency’s resolve to take the awareness campaign against selling of harmful drugs to the abusers, they (NDLEA) had begun encouraging schools to establish Drug Free Clubs in their schools in order to discourage students from abusing drugs or taking illicit drugs. This is even as he noted that the dangerous effects of abusing drugs or consumption of illicit drugs on human health are better prevented than treated.
In his speech, the Director Pharmaceutical Services, Ministry of Health and chairman ADCC, Chief Chimezie Uzuegbu, and Senior Special Assistant to Gov. Ikpeazu, David Anyanwu commended the NDLEA over their “tireless” efforts in ensuring that the activities of drug dealers and users were brought to its lowest ebb.
Anyanwu while calling for proper funding of NDLEA by the federal government said that he was sure that the agency would do more if they should have the necessary logistics and manpower needed to do their jobs effectively. - The Nation
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