NDLEA recovered N90bn worth of drugs, cash in five months – Marwa

The Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Brig Gen Buba Marwa, on Saturday, has revealed that the agency recovered over N90bn worth of illicit drugs and cash from suspected drug traffickers between January to May 2021.

Marwa added that the agency had also arrested over 5,000 persons for drug-related offences while more than 500 convictions were made within the period.

The former military administrator stated these in Ibadan, Oyo State, at the public presentation of a book, ‘Victory in Defeat’, written by Brig Gen Larinde Laoye (retd).

He said leaders at all levels “must attach some urgency to the need to rid our society of the drug menace”.

“Our record at the NDLEA in the first five months of this year calls for sober reflection: over 5, 000 arrests; over 3,000 charged to court with more than 500 convictions, 2, 772 individuals were counselled and treated for drug-related problems. More than two million kilograms of assorted drugs were seized and over N90bn worth of drugs and cash recovered. These statistics are alarming and are red flags about the need to safeguard the future of the young generation,” a statement by the Director, Media and Advocacy, of the agency, Femi Babafemi, titled, ‘There’s urgent need to rid Nigeria of drug scourge – Marwa,’ quoted Marwa as saying.

The NDLEA chairman further called on all leaders and stakeholders across the country to see the urgent need to rid Nigeria of what he described as a “drug scourge”.

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