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.

Saadu Gbogbo Iwe     Tanke     Tunji Arosanyin     Abdullahi Biffo     ASMAU PLAZA     Bayo Lawal     KWSUED     Bilikis Oladimeji     Sherif Sagaya     Isiaka AbdulRazaq     Ilesha-Baruba-Gwanara     Surajudeen Akanbi     Ebola     Share     Gobirawa     Kwara State Fire Service     Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission     Edret Sabi Abel     Shuaib Boni Aliyu     Kazeem Gbolagade     Cornelius Adebayo     National Association Of Nigerian Students     Samuel Elizabeth Keatswa     Ajakaye     Oya State     Ajike People Support Centre     Joseph Alex Offorjama     Doyin Awoyale     Muhammed Aliyu     Tunji Olawuyi     Olanrewju Okanlawon Musa     Bankole Omishore     Charcoal     Abdulganiyu Oladosu     Isiaq Khadeejah     Sheikh Alimi     College Of Health     Lotus Bank     Special Adviser On Digital Innovation     Universal Basic Education Commission     Balikis Jawondo     Paul Odama     Umar Ayinla Saro     Ajayi Okasanmi     Law School Scholarship     Yakubu Gobir     Chief Imam Of Offa     Federal Allocation     Oloriegbe     Mazars Consulting     Jimoh Saadudeen Muhammed     Salihu Ajibola Ajia     Salaudeen Oyewale     Dele Momodu     KW-GIS     Government House     Ibraheem Adeola Katibi     Ilorin     Erubu     Junior Secondary School Certificate Examinations     Suleiman Idris     David Oyepinola Adedumoye     Salary     George Innih     CCT     Alaaya     Agbarigidoma     Chartered Institute Of Personnel Management Of Nigeria     Kassim Babamale     Sarkin Malamai     Abdulraheem Yusuf     HYPPADEC     Katibi Ibraheem Adeola     Yemi Sanni     Kwara United     Siddiq Adebayo Idowu Salawu     Photo News    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Ophthalmological Society Of Nigeria     NULGE     Sidikat Uthman Ajibola     Zulkifli Ibraheem     Oba Abu     Mohammed Yisa     Abdulganiyu Oladosu     HYPPADEC     Theophilus Oyebiyi     NaAllah     International Public Sector Accounting Standards     IHS     Fatai Olodo     Kpotum Mohammed Baba     Oyawoye     C2c@kwarastate.gov.ng     Abubakar Aliagan     Olaiya Lawal     Shagari     Riskat Opakunle     Iqra Books     Biliaminu Aliu     Paul Olawoore     Lithium     Toyin Falola     Olusin Of Ijara Isin     Haleeman Salman     Yinka Aluko     Quarry Royal Valley     Abdulrahman Iliasu     Alabe     Lateef Ademola Olatunji     Clara Nwachukwu     Dan Masanin     KWACOBPA     Iyabo Adewuyi     Yusuf Aiyedun     Mahmud Durosinlohun Atiku     Soffiyyallah Kamaldeen     Suleman Abubakar     Adesoye College     Opaleke Bukola Iyabo     Abdulmumin Yinka Ajia     Babaloja-General     Kubra Kazum     Olatinwo     Balogin Alanamu     Tunji Arosanyin     Shaykh Luqman Jimoh     Abdullahi Atanda     Ebola     Lawal Jimoh     Paul Odama     Kwara State Pension Board     Siddiq Adebayo Idowu Salawu     SUBEB     Okasanmi Ajayi     Kassim Babamale     Kamaldeen Ajibade     Aliyu Muhammad Saifudeen     Roseline Oni Aremu     Sulyman Age AbdulKareem     Kwara     Omupo     Lanre Issa-Onilu     Kwara State Fire Service     Yahaya Abdulkareem Babaita     Yusuf Olaolu Ali     Kawu Baraje     Iyabo Adisa Ibiyeye     Gabriel Fashanu     Malete     Gurei     Moshood Bakare     Y.A. Abdulkareem     Ajeigbe     Rasaq Jimoh