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.

Muslimah Entrepreneurship Forum     Yusuf Amuda Aluko     Saka Saadu     Eruku     Aminu Adisa Logun     Ajakaye     Shonga     Countryside Emerging Leaders Fellowship     Iyaloja-General     Tafidan Kaiama     Young Progressives Party     Adisa Logun     Otunba Taiwo Joseph     Abdulraheem Yusuf     GANZY     Popo-Igbonna     Olusin Of Ijara Isin     Kwara State Internal Revenue Service     Communication Network Support Services     Olugbense     Samuel Elizabeth Keatswa     Orisa Bridge     Kehinde Boyede     Ibrahim Abiodun     Taofik Abdulkareem Babaita     Salary     Minimum Wage     Niyi Osundare     Christopher Ayeni     Lithium     Ilota     Saad Omo\'ya     Ojo Isekuse     Raliat AbdulRazaq     Arca Santa     Centre For Community Empowerment And Poverty Eradication     Abdulmumini AbdulRazaq     Ike Ekweremadu     Joseph Alex Offorjama     Logun     Odo-Owa     Babaloja-General     Oye Tinuoye     Galadiman Ngeri     C2c@kwarastate.gov.ng     Gbugbu International Market     Aishatu Ahmed Gobir     AbdulRauf Keji     Basit Olatunji     General Hospital     Chief Of Staff     Ayobola Ipinlaiye     Mohammed Khadijat Kubura     Kola Bukoye     Read With Me     Niyi Ogundiran     Kanu Agabi     KWATMA     Amusa Bello     Matthew Okedare     Henry Olaosebikan     Tanke Road     Saka Abimbola Isau     Council Of The Wise     Olupako Of Share     Asiwaju Bola Tinubu     Oloye     Abdullahi Samari     Omotoso Musa     Umar Ayinla Saro     Umar Bayo Abdulwahab     Yakubu Shaaba     Suleiman Ajadi     Madawaki Of Ilorin     Sola Saraki University     Baba Issa     Emmanuel Bello    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Mohammed Yahaya Barki     COVID-19 Palliatives     Magaji Are     Lanwa     Ariyo     Elesie Of Esie     Sunday Popo-Ola     Salake     Abdulkadir Jimoh     Kwara     Alfa Yahaya Road     Ishaq Salman     Park     Sulu Babaita Isiaka     FERMA     Adekunle David Dunmade     Abubakar Usman Jos     IF-K     Tunde Yusuf     Omu-aran     Ekweremadu     Ibrahim Abdulkadir Abikan     Yusuf Amuda Aluko     Makama Of Ilorin     Bashir Badawi     Onilorin Of Ilorin     Ibrahim Orire     Olaitan Adefila     Ahmad Lawan     NSCIA     Olusegun Adeniyi     Lanre Jimoh     Ileloke     Mohammed Ghali Alaaya     Ilesha-Baruba     Abdul Jimoh Mohammed     Col. Taiwo     Abubakar Ndakene     Simeon Sayomi     Mumini Ishola Hanafi     Omupo     Alabere     KWIRS     Ilorin Muslim Community     Neo Mundo Ltd     Ajibola Ademola Julius     Bayo Onimago     Garba Ayodele Wahab     PAACO-PCL Consortium     JMK Construction Company Limited     CACOVID Palliatives     Dar-Al-Handasah Consultants     Sheriff Shagaya     Sebastine Obasi     Michael Nzwekwe     Bayo Ojo     Hydro-electric Power Producing Areas Development Commission     Kayode Ibrahim     Oke-Ogun     Ridwan Agboola     Monthly Sanitation     Omotoso Musa     Kazeem Oladepo     Valsolar Consultoria     Nurudeen Muhammed     Oro Grammar School Old Students Association     Emir Of Kano     A.E. Afolabi     Abraham Ojo     NIPOGA     Gbemi Saraki     N-Power     Bayo Ajia     QuickWin     Grillo     Sarkin Malamai     Ayodele Olaosebikan