NDLEA arrests 317 suspects in Kwara, Kogi

Date: 2017-06-24

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has announced the arrest of 166 and 151 suspects and the seizure of 4,771.65kg and 3,498.035kg of drugs by the Kwara and Kogi state commands respectively.

Kwara State NDLEA Commandant, Mr. Ona Ogilegwu, said 152 males and 14 females were arrested for drug- related offences within the last 12 months.

Ogilegwu added that it also seized 4,771.65kg of illicit drugs, consisting 4,712.33kg of cannabis sativa and 59.32kg of psychotropic substances.

Speaking in Ilorin at a programme organised by the NDLEA, in collaboration with the state's Drug Abuse Control Committee, to commemorate the 2017 United Nations International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, themed: 'Listen First', Ogilegwu identified cannabis sativa, popularly called Indian hemp, as the drug mostly abused by youths and adults in the state.

He added that the command rehabilitated and discharged 40 drug-dependent persons and counselled 112 drug users during the period under review.

"The drug situation in Kwara State is becoming challenging as women have joined in the drug trade. In the period under review, 14 female suspects were arrested," he said.

The Chairperson of the state's Drug Abuse Control Committee, Mrs. Risikat Lawal, said the committee had been creating awareness among the populace about the danger inherent in illicit use of drugs and helping addicts.

Also, the Kogi State NDLEA Commandant, Alhaji Idris Bello, said no fewer than 151 suspects were arrested in connection with various drug-related offences between January and June 2017, adding that six of the suspects were women.

He said the command seized 3498.035kg of Indian hemp and other psychotropic substances such as Tramadol, Diazepam, Rohypnol and Codeine in the period under review

The commandant said that 12 drug offenders had been sentenced to various terms in prison, with 10 cases pending at the Federal High Court, while 57 were counseled under a short intervention programme.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Kwara Teaching Service Commission     Ishola Balogun Fulani     Nigeria Association Of Women Journalists     Musa Aibinu     Muritala Olarewaju     Abdulkadir Bolakale Sakariyah     Ile Arugbo     Deji Ajani     Alliance For Democracy     Iyeru Grammar School     Olaitan Adefila     Federal Polytechnic Offa     Akom Construction And Engineering Synergy Ltd     College Of Education     Mubarak Oladosu     Busari Alabi Alausa     Peculiar Allowance     ER-KANG Mining Nigeria Company Limited     Orisa Bridge     Abubakar Baba Sulaiman     Oba-Solagberu     Congress For National Consensus     Emir Of Shonga     Mufti Of Ilorin     Mutawali     Afetu Of Alabe     Lateef Alagbonsi     Abubakar Lah     Oba Sulaiman Asude     Amusement Park     Alapado     BIR     Alfa Modibbo Belgore     Kwara Primary Health Care Development Agency     Ilorin Talaka Parapo     KWASAA     Ibrahim Labaika     Muhammed Mahe Abdulkadir     Aisha Ahman Pategi     Tinubu Legacy Forum     Jimoh Saadudeen Muhammed     Nigerian Correctional Service     All Peoples Party     Farouk Salim     Share-Tsaragi     Mohammed Lawal     Shaykh Luqman Jimoh     Rapheal Ashaolu     Ijakadi     Bursary     Kale Ayo     Lasiele Alabi Yahaya     Kola Ologbondiyan     Segun Olawoyin     Kazeem Oladepo     Ishak Mohammed Sabi     Ilorin Curfew     Solomon Edojah     Na\'Allah     Association Of Kwara State Online Media Practitioners     Sai Kayi     Kaiama     SGBN     Hijaab     Mohammed Ibrahim     CACOVID     Ahman Patigi     Ben Duntoye     Galadima     Age AbdulKareem     VADA     Federal College Of Education (Special), Afon     Presidential Election     Yeketi     Eleja Taiwo Banu     Yusuf Badmus     Harafat E. Mukadam    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

CT Ayeni     Dan Iya Of Ilorin     Mashood Dauda     Opaleke Bukola Iyabo     Emir Of Yashikira     Muyiwa Oladipo Kanu     Kunle Suleiman     Lateef Alagbonsi     Taibat Ayinke Ahmed     Muhammadu Buhari     Muslim Media Watch Group Of Nigeria     Tunde Mukaila Mustapha     Saliu Ajibola Ajia     Binta Sulyman     Mike Omotosho     Kale Bayero     Kwara State Infrastructure Development Fund     Bilikis Oladimeji     Chief Of Staff     Balikis Jawondo     Saadu Gbogbo Iwe     Oba Abdulraheem     Femi Agbaje     Ogidi-Oloje     Mohammed Kamaludeen     Overland     Obuh     Ishola Moses Abiodun     Asa LGEA School     Ope Saraki     Mahmud Ajeigbe     Kwarareports.com     Matthew Babaoye     Wole Oke     Bola Magaji     Saka Adeyemo     KWSUED     Economic And Financial Crimes Commission     Abdulfatai Baakini     SSA Youth     Umar Yakubu Jaja     All Confederation Of Principals Of Secondary Schools     Ibrahim Mashood     NYSC     Hamidu Olowo     Ahmed     Galland Marcias     Mustapha Olanipekun     Yakubu Danladi     Barakat Community Secondary School     Ilorin Talaka Parapo     Musa Alhassan Buge     Yoruba     Universal Basic Education Commission     COEASU     Amina Susa\'a De Ahmed     Victor Gbenga Yusuf     Elerinjare     Oya State     Segun Olawoyin     Ojuekun Sarumi     Abdulsalam Firdaous Amosa     HAMFAT Clinic And Maternity     Harafat E. Mukadam     Bashiru Makama     Nurudeen Muhammed     Bashirat Bola Bello     Agbarigidoma     Christopher Ayeni     Hijaab     Abdullahi Samari     NSCIA     Ilorin General Hospital     Aiyedun     A.E. Afolabi     Sherif Sagaya     All Peoples Party