Shocking:JSS 2 Student dies after taking 10 tablets of Tramadol - Risingsuntv

A Junior Secondary School pupil at Ohafia in Arochukwu
Local Government of Abia State has reportedly died after
consuming 10 tablets of Tramadol.
This statement was made by the Commandant of National
Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Mr. Akindele
Akingbade.




Mr. Akindele Akingbade. who spoke in Umuahia, the Abia
State capital, while delivering a lecture at a seminar NDLEA
and Office of the Senior Special Assistant to Governor
Okezie Ikpeazu on Narcotics and Abia State Drug Abuse
Control Committee (ADCC) organised for patent medicine
dealers.


One on one reports that Akingbade mentioned in his lecture
that the pupil was alleged to have taken the Tramadol
tablets to enhance his performance during an inter-house
sports competition in his school.
He was said to have died shortly after taking the drugs.


The NDLEA boss, who said Abia was among the states with
a high level of drug/substance abuse, added that the
governor had been informed about the incident.

He said efforts were being made to apprehend the seller as
directed by the governor.
Akingbade advised patent medicine dealers to desist from
selling drugs without prescription by doctors or
pharmacists.


He attributed the high rate of crimes, including robbery,
r*pe, kidnapping and others to the effect of drugs.
Akingbade said besides 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, to discourage pupils from taking
drugs.


The Director of Pharmaceutical Services, Ministry of Health
and Chairman, ADCC, Chief Chimezie Uzuegbu, as well as
the Senior Special Assistant to Governor Ikpeazu, David
Anyanwu, hailed NDLEA for its efforts in curbing drug
abuse.

The rate at which young people consume the banned drug is
quite alarming. Another man was reported to have lost his
sanity after consuming 7 tablets Tramdol in Lagos
yesterday.





His friends who noticed his unusual behaviour immediately
tied him up before administering first aid treatments on him