At least, a suspect, Oguma Richard Uchenna, has been arrested in connection with the attempt to export the cheques, which were neatly concealed inside four bound hard cover books disguised as academic project literatures, to the United Kingdom.
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Its National Chairman, Yabagi Sani, said this in a statement on the position of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency.
Justice Emeka Nwite, in a ruling, dismissed the objection raised by counsel for Kyari and other co-defendant officers that granting the request might jeopardise their case.
Justice Emeka Nwite, in a ruling, held that the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) had succeeded to prove its argument beyond doubt why the court should not admit James to a bail.
Marwa stated this while responding to questions from journalists at the 2022 First Quarter Best Performing Commands Awards ceremony at the agency’s national headquarters in Abuja on Wednesday 27th 2022.
NDLEA operatives allegedly shot Gambo to death at Sundumina Village in Birnin Kudu Local Government Area of Jigawa on April 21.
“I have a poultry farm and was told that if I feed the chickens with Indian hemp seeds, they would grow fast and strong, and would not fall sick.
Four traffickers involved in attempts to import and export illicit drugs through the country are now in the Agency’s custody.
This was revealed by the NDLEA’s Sector Commander, Umar Adoro, at a news briefing in Kaduna on Saturday.
This was made known in a statement by the NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, on Thursday.
The spokesperson for the agency, Femi Babafemi, confirmed the development on Thursday morning.
The agency’s Director, Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi disclosed this Sunday, confirming the arrest of seven traffickers.
The honour was bestowed on the former state governor by the State’s Commandant, Adamu Iron, on behalf of the agency.
No fewer than Two Thousand Two Hundred and Twenty Three (2,223) drug users were also counselled through brief interventions and rehabilitated in NDLEA facilities across the country in the first quarter of the year; figures that represent a fair balance between the agency’s drug supply reduction and drug demand reduction activities.
This is contained in a statement issued by NDLEA Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, Monday in Abuja.
This was the highpoint of discussions at a virtual meeting on Monday 11th April 2022 between the Chairman/Chief Executive of NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) and the National Head of South Africa’s DPCI, Lt. Gen. SG Lebeya along with members of their teams.
As efforts are made by concerned agencies to curb the distribution, peddling and abuse of existing ones, new and more dangerous drugs stealthily find their ways into the market on a daily basis, thereby compounding the problem.
The development was disclosed by the NDLEA’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, in a statement.
The 40-year-old queen of the drug world came under the anti-narcotic agency’s searchlight when a number of traffickers arrested in the state in 2021 and early this year fingered her as their supplier. The manhunt for Lami paid off on Monday 4th April when operatives tracked her to her hideout in Iware village in Ardo Kola local government area of Taraba.
The anti-drug agency said that Taiwo would be arraigned before Justice Ayokunke Faji of the Federal High Court, Lagos, on April 8.