NDLEA Destroys Illicit Drugs Worth N2bn in Kwara
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Kwara State Command, has destroyed N2bn worth of illicit drugs and psychotropic substances.
The Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the NDLEA, Brigadier-General Buba Marwa (rtd), who was represented by Mr. Muhammed Sokoto at the event held in Ilorin yesterday, said the destroyed drugs comprised 24, 611 kilogrammes of 24 tons of illicit drugs.
He commended the state Command for its efforts in riding the country of banned substances and illicit drugs, which he described as the right step in the right direction.
Earlier in his remarksm the NDLEA state Commander, Alhaji Ibrahim Saidu, said the destroyed drugs comprised cannabis sativa, cocaine among others.
He noted that the drugs were all seized during routine raid operations and interdiction duties by officers of the NDLEA.
Marwa added that a total number of 184, suspects were arrested in connection with the illicit drugs and prosecuted while 127 were convicted and sentenced to various terms of imprisonments.
Cloud Tag: What's trending
Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.
Bola Ahmed Tinubu Olatomiwa Williams Mohammed Ghali Alaaya Salman Jawondo Raliat AbdulRazaq Atunwa Femi Agbaje Christopher Tunji Ayeni Ajike People Support Centre Yusuf Abdulkadir Samuel Olusegun Adedayo Ibrahim Labaika Olanrewju Okanlawon Musa Kolawole Akande Yomi Ogunsola Paul Odama Ladi Hassan Turaki AbdulHamid Adi Ayeyemi Sulaiman Centre For Community Empowerment And Poverty Eradication Lai Gobir Olaoye B. Felix Tunji Folami Muhammadu Gobir Ahmed Bayero VADA Lola Ashiru Lafiagi Muhammed Mahe Abdulkadir Isaac Aderemi Kolawole Valsolar-Kwara Company Limited CELF Onilupeju Of Ilupeju Tsaragi Rex Olawoye Oniwasi Agbaye Ayo Adeyemi Ilorin Central Mosque Maigida Soludero Transit Garba Ado Sanni Amule Kishira Kayode Yusuf Vishvas KOZ Tractors Isiaq Khadeejah Folorunsho Alao Yusuf Lanre Badmas United Nigeria Airline Omoniyi M. Ayinla Olatunji Ayeni Ayobami Akanbi Abdulganiyu Salahudeen Aishatu Ahmed Gobir Saka Keji Ghali Alaaya Hajj Umar Sanda Yusuf Kemi Adeosun Zaratu Umar Afeyin-Olukuta Valsolar Consortium Quareeb Raymond Olaitan James Ayeni Christian Association Of Nigeria Durbar Festival Abraham Ojo Share-Tsaragi Ilesha-Gwanara Idowu Laro Laboratory-to-Product Diagnostic Centre Mohammed Saidu Omotosho Abdullahi Biffo Babatunde Idiagbon

