The Nationwide Drug Regulation Enforcement Company (NDLEA) has seized over 11.2 million kilogrammes of various illicit medicine and destroyed 1,572 hectares of hashish farms within the final 54 months.
Inside the similar interval, the company arrested 67,345 suspects, in accordance with its Chairman, Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa (rtd).
NDLEA spokesman Femi Babafemi mentioned Marwa disclosed this in Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State, on Saturday, whereas delivering a keynote deal with at a seminar organized by the Ijebu-Ode Council of Olorituns.
Marwa mentioned the company had intensified its warfare in opposition to drug trafficking and abuse in response to the escalating problem.
He famous that nationwide raids had led to vital seizures and arrests, particulars of which have been shared weekly on official NDLEA channels.
“Up to now 54 months, we arrested 67,345 traffickers, together with 95 barons. About 12,415 are presently serving varied jail phrases
“The barons arrested should not unknown in society. They embody massive enterprise folks, socialites, titleholders, and a few authorities officers answerable for legislation enforcement.
“This reveals how deeply the rot had penetrated our social material,” Marwa mentioned.
He acknowledged that the company destroyed 1,572 hectares of hashish farms, principally in South-West states, the place farmlands have been misused for illicit cultivation.
The NDLEA chief mentioned the company had expanded its Drug Demand Discount programmes, together with college outreach, group sensitization, and rehabilitation schemes.
Inside the interval, NDLEA performed 11,584 sensitization lectures in faculties, workplaces, worship centres, motor parks, conventional rulers’ palaces, and communities throughout Nigeria.
Marwa mentioned 27,187 drug customers had been handled and rehabilitated by 30 centres nationwide, along with 1000’s helped by way of the toll-free helpline 080010203040.
He harassed the necessity for communities like Ijebu-Ode to associate with the company, report suspicious actions, and help advocacy efforts.
“Safety structure have to be enhanced at grassroots stage,” he mentioned, urging correctly educated native vigilantes to work with legislation enforcement to disrupt cult actions.
He additionally known as for a revival of ethical and non secular values, reminding youths that dignity, studying, and integrity outweigh violence and medicines.
“The trail to greatness is paved with exhausting work, imaginative and prescient, and goal, not with medicine or violence,” Marwa mentioned.
He counseled the Council of Olorituns for organizing the seminar and selecting a related theme.
“Your dedication to group and youth improvement is obvious. I urge different councils throughout Nigeria to emulate this initiative,” he mentioned.
Chairman of the event, Sen. Lekan Mustapha, described Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa (rtd) as a visionary chief, commending his document as army governor of Borno and Lagos states and his transformation of the NDLEA right into a revered establishment each regionally and internationally.
He additionally lauded Marwa’s dedication to defending youths from medicine and different vices.
