A Nigerian Law student who happens to be an only child of her parents, Damilola Olakanmi has died after eating the cannabis sweet she bought via a messaging app on her phone.
The UK Evening Standard reports that 23-year-old Olakanmi based in East London took ill immediately after ingesting the substance and was rushed in a critical condition to Queen’s Hospital, London, via an air ambulance after taking the sweet on March 29.
Sadly, she died at the hospital on April 2 from complications from the intake of the substance.
A US-based student and friend of Olakanmi, who also took from the substance while on a visit to the deceased, fell ill, but was later discharged by doctors after responding well to treatment.
Justice campaigner and friend of Wumi, the deceased’s mother, Richard Taylor, noted that the University of Hertfordshire undergraduate was an only child.
“Wumi has lost her only child – she has nothing now,” Taylor was quoted to have said. “They had to hold her up because she broke down every time a friend came to the house to give support.
“It’s a tragic warning to all young people about how they live their lives. They should resist drugs.”
The Metropolitan Police has arrested Leon Brown, 37, of South Norwood, London, in connection with the incident.
Leon has been charged with possession and intent to supply psychoactive substance, Class B synthetic cannabinoid.
The Metropolitan Police states that the case may be linked to a woman who was taken to hospital in March after eating cannabis sweet in another part of London.
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