NDLEA Arrests 70-year-old Nigerien Bandits’ Drug Supplier

A 70-year-old Nigerien drug trafficker, Mohammed Wada, who
allegedly supplied illicit substances to Boko Haram and bandits,
has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law
Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).

The agency disclosed this in a statement its Director of Media
and Advocacy, Mr. Femi Babafemi issued yesterday.

The agency said Wada, who hails from Dallawa town, state of
Agadez, Niger Republic, was arrested on Thursday with 10 pallets of
skunk in Jebba, Niger State.

The statement said the suspect had brought into Nigeria hides
and skin from Niger Republic to sell in Lagos.

During interrogation, according to the statement, the suspect
claimed he sold his goods for N300,000 in Lagos and used the fund
to buy 10 pallets of skunk at N25,000 each.

The statement explained that the suspect was on his way back to
Niger Republic through the North West where he sold drugs to
bandits when he was intercepted in Jebba.

Quoted in the statement, the Commander, Niger State Command of
the NDLEA, Aloye Isaac, said the arrest is a further confirmation
of the nexus between drug abuse and the security challenges in
parts of the country.

Meanwhile, NDLEA operatives in an operation backed by soldiers
in Ondo State have identified and destroyed three large cannabis
farms measuring in 95 hectares, located at Ogbese forest.

The Ondo state Commander of the agency, Haruna Gagara said
although no one was arrested during the operation, investigation
has since commenced to identify and apprehend the owners of the
farms.

In a related development, operatives of the agency in Kogi State
have intercepted and seized 116.1 kilogrammes of cannabis at a
patrol point along Okene-Lokoja expressway.

A suspect, Sulaiman Said, who was arrested with the illicit
drug, claimed he got them from Edo State and was heading to Kaduna
State.

Kogi State Commander of NDLEA, Alfred Adewumi said the drug was
concealed in sacks of chicken wastes loaded in a Mercedes-Benz 814
Truck with registration number: Taraba XA 366 ARD.

Speaking on the operations in Niger, Ondo and Kogi states,
Chairman/CEO of NDLEA, Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa commended the
commanders, men and officers of the three commands for their
commitment and unrelenting efforts to rid their areas of illicit
drugs.

A 70-year-old Nigerien drug trafficker, Mohammed Wada, who
allegedly supplied illicit substances to Boko Haram and bandits,
has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law
Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).

The agency disclosed this in a statement its Director of Media
and Advocacy, Mr. Femi Babafemi issued yesterday.

The agency said Wada, who hails from Dallawa town, state of
Agadez, Niger Republic, was arrested on Thursday with 10 pallets of
skunk in Jebba, Niger State.

The statement said the suspect had brought into Nigeria hides
and skin from Niger Republic to sell in Lagos.

During interrogation, according to the statement, the suspect
claimed he sold his goods for N300,000 in Lagos and used the fund
to buy 10 pallets of skunk at N25,000 each.

The statement explained that the suspect was on his way back to
Niger Republic through the North West where he sold drugs to
bandits when he was intercepted in Jebba.

Quoted in the statement, the Commander, Niger State Command of
the NDLEA, Aloye Isaac, said the arrest is a further confirmation
of the nexus between drug abuse and the security challenges in
parts of the country.

Meanwhile, NDLEA operatives in an operation backed by soldiers
in Ondo State have identified and destroyed three large cannabis
farms measuring in 95 hectares, located at Ogbese forest.

The Ondo state Commander of the agency, Haruna Gagara said
although no one was arrested during the operation, investigation
has since commenced to identify and apprehend the owners of the
farms.

In a related development, operatives of the agency in Kogi State
have intercepted and seized 116.1 kilogrammes of cannabis at a
patrol point along Okene-Lokoja expressway.

A suspect, Sulaiman Said, who was arrested with the illicit
drug, claimed he got them from Edo State and was heading to Kaduna
State.

Kogi State Commander of NDLEA, Alfred Adewumi said the drug was
concealed in sacks of chicken wastes loaded in a Mercedes-Benz 814
Truck with registration number: Taraba XA 366 ARD.

Speaking on the operations in Niger, Ondo and Kogi states,
Chairman/CEO of NDLEA, Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa commended the
commanders, men and officers of the three commands for their
commitment and unrelenting efforts to rid their areas of illicit
drugs.