Police confirm death of student after alleged drug overdose in Bayelsa

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Police confirm death of student after alleged drug overdose in Bayelsa
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Authorities of the Bayelsa State Police Command have confirmed the death of a 300-level student of Petroleum and Gas Engineering at Federal University,

DAILY POST learnt that the 19-year-old, Job Alawari, popularly called Alas, was reported to have taken a drug known as Colos.

According to some students on campus, the drug known as Colos is mainly taken by youths involved in internet fraud, popularly known as Yahoo Yahoo. Some of the students who spoke on the condition of anonymity told DAILY POST that most of the deaths recorded in the last six months were basically cases of drug overdose and internet fraud betrayal.

A senior staff member of the school who didn’t want her name in print, however, averred that the management of the university has been sensitising them on the need to live responsibly and shun drug abuse and other vices.

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