He also noted the similarities between the incidents, including one earlier this week in the south-west city of Ibadan.

Investigators have argued that the two cases present too many similarities to be coincidental.

Although crucial DNA evidence had gone missing, the similarities between the scenes were so striking that Pelicot is under investigation for the crime, which he denies.

The similarity between legal and illegal products “doesn’t shock me,” said Josh Swider, chief executive and co-founder of Infinite Chemical Analysis Labs, which provides cannabis testing services in California and Michigan.

It is breathtaking in its similarities and that feeling you get, like you just died inside a little.