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NDLEA Seized N100bn Hard Drugs in Eight Months – Marwa

The Chairman of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), General Buba Marwa (rtd), has disclosed that two million kilogrammes of different hard drugs have been seized in Nigeria by the agency from January 2021 till date.

Marwa, who was in Yola, Adamawa State capital, on a condolence visit to the family of Late Ahmed Joda, noted that the value of the hard drugs sized from January till now worth over N100billion.

According to Marwa, “The best way to checkmate this menace was to inculcate our family values in our children. The security challenges facing the country today was as a result of the influence of drugs on the most productive component of the society.”

He said the usage of hard drugs in the society by the same group has become most worrisome and calls for concerns among critical stakeholders.

The agency boss said: “Poverty has remained the major cause why our youths get involved in drug peddling and trafficking, and presently, a kilo of these hard drugs worth about $400 in the street.”

Marwa, therefore, appealled to Nigerians, especially the youths, to shun the use of hard drugs, and also urged parents to be on the lookout for what their children and ward do as well as the group they keep.

He said the best way to check the increasing rate of violence induced by hard drugs intake is by the family, adding that good family values must be inculcated at the family level.

While thanking the federal government for the support for his agency, he said such support has been able to boast the morale of his officers and men, attributing the success of NDLEA in the seizure of over two million kg of various hard drugs worth over N1billion in the last eight months to the support.

Marwa, after condoling with the family of late Ahmed Joda, said the deceased was a bridge builder who mentored all Nigerians irrespective of their tribe or religion when he was in service.

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