Tag: NDLEA
Court sentences 40 year old serial drug dealer to 5 years imprisonment
Justice Patricia Ajoku of the Federal High Court Ibadan, on Monday sentenced a 40-year-old serial drug dealer, David Ndidi, to a total of five years in prison for trafficking 6,170 kg of Indian hemp. Ajoku said that she convicted and sentenced Ndidi based on the evidence before her and the fact that he pleaded guilty ...NDLEA nabs woman on watch list for 10 years over alleged drug peddling in Sokoto
NDLEA officials on duty The National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Sokoto State Command, has arrested a woman who had been on the watch list for 10 years and 18 other drug dealers. The NDLEA Sokoto Commander, Mr Yakubu Kibo told newsmen on Tuesday in Sokoto that all the suspects were arrested in February. ...Scavenger in court for drug trafficking
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Monday filed one-count charge of alleged trafficking in 500g cannabis against a scavenger, Ibrahim Dauda, in a Federal High Court, Lagos. The NDLEA in a charge sheet, marked FHC/L/64C/20 by counsel, Mr Jeremiah Aernan, alleged that the defendant committed the offence on Feb. 5. He said ...Drug abuse is the root cause of most of our problems including security, it must be tackled – Marwa
Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee For The Elimination Of Drug Abuse, Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa, on Monday, said the country would be finished if drug abuse is not comprehensively tackled. Marwa was speaking on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily where he gave some insights into his committee’s report on drug abuse in the country. Marwa’s committee ...Nigerian freed of drug trafficking charges in Saudi Arabia after 3 years – NIDCOM
A Nigerian has been discharged by a court in Saudi Arabia after charges of drug trafficking levelled against him were dismissed. Ibrahim Ibrahim, a native of Zamfara state was arrested in Jedda in 2017 after authorities discovered illegal drugs in his bag allegedly trafficked to the kingdom. According to the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, ...NDLEA Lagos Command nabbed over 400 illicit drug offenders in 2019
NDLEA officials on duty The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Lagos State Command, on Thursday said that it arrested 411 illicit drug offenders in 2019 Its commander, Mr Ralph Igwenagu, stated the figure in a press statement he signed. Igwenagu, a Commander of Narcotic (CN), in the statement also said that the illicit drugs ...NAFDAC says over 100 suspected drug traffickers arrested by NDLEA in Niger in 2019
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Niger Command, arrested 102 suspected drug traffickers across the state with substances suspected to be cannabis sativa and psychotropic drugs in 2019. The state NAFDAC Commander, Mrs Sylvia Egwunwoke, told News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Minna on Tuesday, that the arrests were made between January and December ...Kano NDLEA discovers illegal codeine powder lab; impounds cocaine, others
The Kano State Command of the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said it had secured the conviction of 107 drug peddlers in 2019. The NDLEA commander Dr Ibrahim Abdul further said that one major success recorded was the arrest of two suspects with the seizure of 2.927 kilogrammes of cocaine. “We discovered a manual ...Drugs killing our youths, ban the hawkers: Arewa group cries out
Drug Free Arewa Movement (DFAM), a Non Governmental Organisation (NGO) on Friday called for the ban of drug hawkers to salvage the northern region from drug abuse. Ms. Gambo Wakili, a Member of the Legal Committee of DFAM, made the call while reading the communiqué issued at the end of DFAM’s first Anti-drug Abuse Youth ...Over 100m Nigerians lack official identity – NIMC
DG NIMC, Aliyu Abubakar The Director General, National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), Aliyu Abubakar said over 100 million Nigerians have no official identity. The DG made this known on Monday in Kaduna, in a paper on Importance of National Identity to Nation Building, presented during the 6th General Assembly of Northern Traditional Rulers Council. According ...
