In
Kwara State Nigeria, the National Drug layer Enforcement Agency NDLA has
arrested 30 members of 74 suspects, with about 394 kilograms of different hard
drugs between January and July this year. The state commander of the agency MR. REUBEN ABBEY, who stated this at
the news briefing in ILORIN the
capital of Kwara state in Nigeria; he said that 62 of the suspect were loosed
and 14 of the suspect had been convicted by the state high court Ilorin on offenses involving possessing
and smoking of hard drugs.
According
to MR. REUBEN ABBEY who said that the
dimension of drug addicts are taking are no longer as of yesterday due to the
inflating cost of drugs, they can no longer afford the purchase of the drug
because it is very expensive and they now engage in armed robbery to remedy situation.
MR. REUBEN ABBEY also said that most
of the arrested smokers were the persons at the ages of 19 and 50 years. And
many of them were counseled and 30 of them were rehabilitated and habitant
their families. The commander NDLA Kwara State charged parents to be mindful of
the friends their children keep as bad company corrupt good characters.
Also
OPERATION DELTA STATE, the internal
security outfit in the Niger Delta in Nigeria has confirmed an attack on Inspector
General of Gun men alleged to be militant on detachment of the 342 Artillery
regiment deployed at the member JT in Bayelsa State Nigeria. The statement by
the acting coordinator of the joint media of the centre tax force LT. COMMANDER .A. AHMED, confirmed that
3 soldiers lost their lives during the incident which occurred on Monday 8th
August 2016. According to the statement, the commander of operation Delta State
RARE ADMIRAL JOSEPH OKOJIE has consequently deployed law enforcement team to apprehend
the perpetrators of the crime. He pointed out that the attack was by suspected militant
as a result of the ongoing attack of the Joint tax force: OPERATION DELTA STATE that aims
at thrashing out all forms of criminality especially Pipe Line Vandalism and
destruction of Illegal refinery within the region. It also assures law abiding
citizens for taking away their member community, that OPERATION DELTA STATE is mandated to ensure conducive and safe reiterate
for legitimate businesses in the Joint Operation Areas.
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