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.

Ilorin Central Mosque     Owo Isowo     Yusuf Abdulwahab     General Hospital     Jamila Bio Ibrahim     Dele Momodu     International Aviation College     Salake     Plat Technologies Limited     Waheed Ibrahim     Titus Ashaolu     Societe Generale Bank Of Nigeria     Clement Yomi Adeboye     All Confederation Of Principals Of Secondary Schools     Abdulraheem Yusuf     Olawuyi     Ijakadi     Bibire Ajape     AbdulGaniyu Kareem     TIC     Ilorin Muslim Community     Aremu Odolaye     GANZY     Oko-Olowo     Ramat Oganija     John Kehinde Salako     NIPOGA     Shao     Government High School Adeta     Ibraheem Abdullateef     Jamiu Oyawoye     Binta Abubakar-Mora     National Information Technology Development Agency     Abdullahi Atanda     Majlis For Sadaqah, Zakat And Waqf     Elerinjare-Ibobo     Sobi     Kwara Liberation Group     Emir Of Shonga     Bashirat Bola Bello     Abubakar Lah     Aisha Gobir     Okedare     Bukola Saraki     Bello Oyebanji     Hamidu Olowo     Saka Asiat Ayinke     Ayo Adeyemi     Bayo Lawal     Musa Alhassan Buge     Tinubu     Sam Okaula     Saba Mamman Daniel     Tsaragi     Ilorin Water Reticulation     Hakeem Idris     Habeeb Saidu     Abdulmajeed Wahab     Kwara Pdp     Earlyon Technologies     Ayobami Akanbi     Maigida     Voices Of Tomorrow     Waziri Yakubu Gobir     Danladi     Ajakaye     Ajikobi     Mohammed Jimoh Faworaja     Yeketi     Ilorin Metro Park     Code Of Conduct Bureau     IHS     Shuaibu Yaman     Unilorin     Nigerian Medical Association     Sa\'adu Salau     NaAllah    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Mansur Alfanla     Abiodun Jacob Ajiboye     Ramadhan     Amuda Aluko     Ajasse-Ipo     AbdulRazaq Jiddah     Agbarere     Paul Odama     Rebecca Bake     Taofik Mustapha     Muhammad Mustapha Suleiman     Law School Scholarship     FOMWAN     Dar-Al-Handasah Consultants     Women Radio     Abdulmumin Yinka Ajia     Ella Supreme Tissue Paper     Oluwatoyin Lukman     Adeniyi Ojo     Yusuf Lawal     Twitter     Abubakar Usman Jos     Muhammed Taofeeq Abdulrazaq     Jelili Yusuf     Hameed Oladipupo Ali     Saba Mamman Daniel     Saka Onimago     Facebook     Alloy Chukwuemeka     Farouk Salim     Abdulganiy Abimbola Abdussalam     Rotimi Atere     Towoju     Christopher Ayeni     Bolaji Nagode     Tsaragi/Share     Ishaq Oloyede     Adamu Jemilat-Baki     EndSARS     SSA Youth Engagement     Abdulkadir Bolakale Sakariyah     Gani Saadu     NULGE     Gambari     New Nigeria People’s Party     Wahab Agbaje     Aliyu Adebayo     Onilu     Gwanara     2023 Elections     Zaratu Umar     Ilorin Emirate Staff Association     Temitope Ogunbanke     Toyin Saraki     Buari Edun     Kola Olota     ER-KANG     Share/Tsaragi     Alabere     Ope Saraki     Niyi Ogundiran     Federal Road Maintenance Agency     Sadiq Umar     Sobi Specialist Hospital     Kumbi Titiloye     Bayo Ojo     Samuel Olusegun Adedayo     Kulende-UITH     George Innih     Park     Tayo Awodiji     Babs Iwarere     Abdulquawiy Olododo     Akande Idowu Ayoola Muhammed     Adeola Abraham     Sheikh Alimi     Doyin Agbamu