Date: 2017-06-26

A teenage boy under the influence of hard drugs was reported to have slit with knife the throats of his father, mother and three sisters, in Maiduguri, Borno State capital.

Kwara state National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Commandant, Barrister Ona Ogilegwu, revealed this at Emmanual Baptist Church, Ilorin, while marking 2017 International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, under the theme "Listen first – Listening to children and youth is the first step to help them grow healthy and safe".

This is in compliance with the United Nations International Day, marked every 26 June to campaign against drug abuse and illegal drug business.

The NDLEA boss and his team briefed pressmen on Thursday and made rally at selected vicinities of Ilorin city with his team and other security personnel in the state.

FELLOW PRESS gathered that the anti-drug abuse agency was on Friday at Mosques, and on Sunday at Churches, campaigning on the danger of drug abuse and how parents and guardians can help their children from being caught in the web of drug abuse.

Ogilegwu, who was transferred to Kwara from Borno State in April, said it was worrisome to see the the negative effect and damage drug abuse is causing to our society.

Further narrating the homicidal act of the boy, he said such evil that wiped out 5 family members could have been averted if he was prevented from using drug.