President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated the Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Brigadier General Buba Marwa (retd), on the successful operation of the Agency that led to the smashing of an international drug syndicate and recovery of 1,855kilograms of cocaine.
This was disclosed in a statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina.
In the statement on Monday, Adesina said Buhari made his position known in a telephone call to the Chairman of the anti-narcotics agency from New York, United States of America, where he is attending the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly.
President Buhari said that the news of the recovery gladdens his heart.
He told Marwa: “I deeply appreciate the work that you have put into the eradication of the drug menace.
“It gladdens my heart as I continue to follow the successes achieved under your leadership.
“You have demonstrated over and again that choosing you to lead this fight against wicked merchants of death whose sole aim is to endanger and truncate the future of our youth is a very good choice.
“Please keep up the good work.”
At a meeting later with members of his delegation, the President said: “Buba Marwa is doing well.
“Two tonnes of cocaine, that’s a haul.”
The NDLEA had announced the “highest cocaine seizure” worth over $278 million and arrest of drug barons, including a foreigner, in a major operation lasting two days across different locations in Lagos.