National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has destroyed over sixteen thousand kilograms of cannabis Sativa and other psychotropic substances worth over one billion naira.
The public burning of the illicit drugs which was held on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway was led by NDLEA Chairman, Brigadier-General Buba Marwa.
The bags of the illicit hard drugs were piled up in the shape of a pyramid at the burning sire, sprayed with petrol for easy destruction.
The area was cordoned off by armed security personnel in case of any foul play.
The destroyed hard drugs weighed approximately sixteen thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine kilograms comprising sixteen thousand cannabis Sativa, four kilograms of cocaine and over three hundred kilograms of psychotropic substances.
Destroying the hard drugs, Chairman National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Brigadier-General Buba Marwa, said the agency would not relent on its efforts to ensure that the society is free of illicit substances.
Retired General Marwa, who spoke through the NDLEA secretary, Mr Shadrach Haruna noted that attaining the objectives of the agency’s mandate had become imperative against the backdrop of the 14.4 percent high drugs use prevalence in Nigeria which was almost thrice the global average.
“Occasions such as this are an open window for the public to have an insight into what the officers and men of the NDLEA are doing behind the scene. What we are here to do today is the tail end of a long drawn process that started with the gathering of intelligence, followed by interdiction, arrests and prosecutions”
“And for the officers and men of the Agency, it is a testament that the hard work of the past weeks months and years are not in vain”
Corroborating, NDLEA Commander in Oyo State, Mr Abdullahi Saeed said the drugs were seized within the state during routine operations from criminal elements whose inclination was to make quick and easy money at the expense of the well-being of the people.
Mr Saeed said the agency has determined to serve the state maximally in order to change the ugly drug situation.
The NDLEA State Commander, therefore, appreciated the collaborations with sister agencies, which made the job easy for the Command.
On his part, Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, who spoke through the Secretary to the State Governor, Mrs Olubamiwo Adeosun pledged his support to the agency to collectively win the war against drug abuse.
Rasheedah Makinde
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