He urged politicians contesting for various political positions in the state to come for the test, saying that this would in turn be a message to their supporters.
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Ezenwanne made the disclosure during a cross examination by counsel for Kyari and two others, Onyechi Ikpeazu, SAN, before Justice Emeka Nwite of a Federal High Court, Abuja.
According to Babafemi, the rat strayed into an exhibit storage room for cannabis in one of the agency’s command.
The state Commander, Umar Adoro, told the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday in Kaduna that the suspects were arrested in different locations in the state between Oct. 6 and Oct. 16.
The States involved according to a statement issued by the Agency’s Head, Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi included: Yobe, Ondo, Edo, Rivers, Akwa Ibom, Imo, Jigawa, Kogi, Adamawa, Kaduna, Kwara, Lagos and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.
In the FCT, operatives on Saturday 15th October stormed a village known as Chukuku, which is about 10 kilometers from Gwagwalada where they raided a large cannabis warehouse. A total of 510 jumbo bags of the illicit substance weighing 5, 640kgs were recovered from the store and a nursing mother in charge, Saadatu Abdullahi, 35, was arrested.
The defendant is charged before a Federal High Court in Lagos.
Ahmed Mamuda, the Rivers State Commander of the NDLEA, disclosed the development on Wednesday in a statement.
The Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Femi Babafemi said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja.
Chairman/Chief Executive of NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) signed for the agency while the Assistant Inspector General of Police in charge of the National Central Bureau and Vice President, Interpol Africa, Garba Baba Umar, endorsed the document on behalf of the global body.
This development was made known on Monday by the Director of Media and Advocacy of the NDLEA, Femi Babafemi.
The 33-year-old indigene of Arochukwu Local Government, Abia State was arrested on Monday 26th September 2022 after anti-narcotic officers discovered he concealed the illicit substance in the handles of his bags and padded the top edges of same with the class A drug.
The NDLEA had in a well-coordinated and intelligence led operation that lasted two days last week stormed a hidden warehouse at 6 Olukunola street, Solebo estate Ikorodu where 1.8 tons of cocaine were recovered and five suspects including a Jamaican were arrested. Following the historical seizure, which is the largest in the Agency’s history, an order of the Federal High Court in Lagos was obtained for the public destruction of the consignment.
Since the assumption of Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (rtd) as the Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA has been recording feats upon feats in the war against drug abuse on a daily basis. There’s seldom a day that passes without the news that the agency has made a significant seizure of illicit substances or has made arrests of drug traffickers. It almost looks like the traffickers are now competing for fame through making headlines.
This was disclosed in a statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina.
Its Director, Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, made this known in a statement on Monday in Abuja.
This was confirmed on Sunday by the Director of Media and Advocacy of the NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, in a statement.
Onyeka who was sentenced to seven years imprisonment in Ethiopia for drug trafficking offences and released from prison in 2020, was again arrested on Friday 16th September 2022 at the Lagos airport on his return from Sao Paulo, Brazil via Addis Ababa on an Ethiopian Airlines flight.
This was disclosed on Friday by the Director of Media and Advocacy of the NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, in a statement.
The 53-year-old trafficker who hails from Mmaku village, Awgu Local Government Area of Enugu State was arrested on Friday 2nd September upon his arrival on Qatar Airline flight enroute Brazil-Doha-Abuja. He claimed to have left Nigeria to Mozambique in 2004 and finally relocated to Brazil in 2017, where he obtained a residence permit before deciding to import the illicit substance for a $4,000 fee.