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NDLEA Seizes N635bn Worth of Illicit Drugs in Two Years

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November 9, 2023
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Brig.Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd)

NDLEA Seizes N635bn Worth of Illicit Drugs in Two Years

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The Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (rtd), said the Agency has arrested 36,096 drug traffickers, including 40 barons, between January 2021 and September 2023.

He added that the agency has recorded seizures of 6,668 tons of drugs, worth over 635 billion naira.

Speaking on some of the agency’s achievements in the areas of drug demand and supply reduction while briefing the Senate Committee on Drugs and Narcotics at the National Assembly complex, Abuja, the NDLEA boss said about 957.319 hectares of cannabis farms have been destroyed across 12 states within the period under review, “while we successfully prosecuted and got convictions in 6,043 cases across the country.”

“Presently, there are 11,166 pending cases in Federal High Court across the country. And between January 2021 and September 2023, over 27,432 drug-dependent individuals have been counselled and discharged from our counselling and treatment facilities across the country,” he said.

Marwa said the agency re-ignited its intelligence-based enforcement capabilities, focusing on drug barons and cartels, with a view to cutting off supplies and taking illicit drugs away from the streets of Nigeria.

Marwa said the global supply and demand of illicit drugs, including opioids and synthetic drugs, has exacerbated the world drug problem, with devastating impact on people and their well-being across borders and continents.

According to him, “families, communities, young people and old men and women and indeed the very fabric of our society is daily being destroyed by drug abuse.”

He noted that the scourge is at the basis of the security challenges facing not only Nigeria but other nations and as such, adding that “no effort must be spared in addressing the problem.”

He highlighted some of the challenges facing the agency to include: inadequate funding, dearth of standard rehabilitation centres, lack of operational boats and vehicles, forensic laboratories and poor salary structure for personnel among others.

He noted that the modest achievements recorded by the agency in the past months couldnt have been possible without the backing of the Executive, the Judiciary and the Legislature.

“We are hopeful that we will get even more impactful support from the 10th Senate. We look forward to your assistance in taking care of some Gordian knots that can only be solved by legislative means, he added.

The Committee commended the leadership of the NDLEA for its unrelenting war against substance abuse and illicit drug trafficking, assuring of its preparedness and commitment to partner and support the agency to succeed in its onerous task of ridding Nigeria of the drug menace.

In his remarks, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Drugs and Narcotics, Senator Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo, said: “I want to assure you that the newly inaugurated members of the committee are fully committed to working with the NDLEA. All the members have assured that they would contribute and do their best in working to eradicate the use of illicit drugs and narcotics in Nigeria. We will consider the possibility of having an emergency summit on drugs because of the seriousness of the issue.”

Also speaking, Vice Chairman of the Committee, Senator Osita Ngwu said: “We are so glad that the NDLEA is working and we are seeing the results. Over 6000 tons of drugs confiscated is not a joke. I use this medium to encourage you, and whatever support you need from our end, we will give. We are all passionate about reducing drug demand, if we dont deal with it now, it will destroy us. Whatever support we can give we will provide for you to continue this fight, so that we can take drugs off our streets and make our youths useful. We are all going to work together by all means to make sure that all we discussed here will be put in process.”

All Committee members agreed to fast track the amendment of the NDLEA Act earlier passed by the 9th Senate but returned to the 10th Senate because it lapsed.

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