A man, Ikechukwu Paul, who earlier this month got knocked out after he consumed methamphetamine, locally called mkpuru mmiri, in Kubwa, a town in Bwari Area Council of the FCT, has died.
Mkpuru mmiri, coined from the Igbo language, is loosely translated as “seed of water”.
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City & Crime had reported the incident and how Paul was rushed to a private mental rehab facility.
Speaking to our reporter on Monday, a source said, “Initially, he was responding to treatment, but after a while he stopped. He died at the weekend in the rehab centre.”
The source said Paul’s corpse had been deposited at the Kubwa General Hospital.
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