An Italy-based businessman Enehizena Augustine Uyimwen was on October 2 arrested by operatives while attempting to export 3,700 pills of tramadol 225mg and 2,600 tabs of tapentadol 200mg hidden in food items to the European country.
He claimed he was trafficking the opioids for someone else for a fee of Nine Hundred and Forty-Five Euros (€945).
In Edo state, a raid of the home of a suspect Emmanuel Sunday, 33, at Ugbekpe Ekperi in Etsako Central LGA led to the recovery of 47kg skunk, a strain of cannabis. Two suspects:
Nureni Ayobami Eleweodo, 48, and Oladejo Taiwo, 52, were on Wednesday 8th October arrested at Omifufun village, Ife South LGA, Osun state following the seizure of 635 kilograms of skunk from their Toyota Hiace bus marked DDA65ZY. Two other suspects:
Timothy Omiwole, 41, and Isaac Achiatan, 36, were nabbed at same location with 100kg skunk recovered from them along with their motorcycle.
While Okoro Julius, 20, and Onyebuchi Nwibo, 25, were arrested in different parts of Port Harcourt, Rivers state in connection with the seizure of 8.5kg skunk on Friday 10th October,
Sulaiman Kalalu, 46, was nabbed after 29.5kg of same substance was found in his house at Bayan Asiti, Jibia town, Katsina state on Saturday 11th October.
In Niger state, NDLEA officers on Wednesday 8th October arrested Yisa Daniel, 29, at New Bussa where 22,000 capsules of tramadol, 800 ampoules of pentazocine injection and 150,000 pills of exol-5 were seized from him. A total of 312kg skunk was recovered from a bush at Ologede camp, Ogbese, Ondo state while operatives on patrol along Benin-Lagos expressway on Thursday 9th October intercepted two suspects: Francis John, 39, and Adeyemi Taiwo, 46, in a car conveying 141.8kg skunk. In Kaduna, a suspect Rufai Ahmed, 27, (alias Farin Malam) was nabbed at Abuja/Kaduna toll gate while conveying 150,000 pills of exol-5 from Lagos to Katsina.
In like manner, Commands and formations of the Agency across the country continued their War Against Drug Abuse (WADA) sensitization activities to schools, worship centres, work places and communities among others in the past week. These include: WADA sensitization lecture to students and staff of General Murtala Mohammed College, Yola, Adamawa; Assembly of God Secondary School, Abakaliki, Ebonyi; Community Girls Secondary School, Bakori, Katsina; Girls Secondary School, Nenwe, Awgu LGA, Enugu; Day Secondary School, Tungan Mallam, Paikoro LGA, Niger; Sacred Heart Secondary School, Kabba, Kogi; Ebenezer Model Secondary School, Onitsha, Anambra; Government Secondary School, Borikiri, Rivers;
Government Junior Secondary School, Wakili Bawa, Ungoggo LGA, Kano; and Baptist High School, Ede, Osun state, among others.
While commending the officers and men of MMIA, MAKIA, DOGI, Kano, Edo, Rivers, Kaduna, Katsina, Niger, Ondo, and Osun Commands of the Agency for the arrests and seizures, Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of NDLEA, Brig Gen Mohamed Buba Marwa (Rtd) urged them and their compatriots across the country to maintain their tenacity, professionalism and balanced approach to the drug control efforts of the Agency.
