Nigeria Arrests, Seizes ISIS, Assad Captagon Courage Pills Fueling Crimes https://osazuwaakonedo.news/nigeria-arrests-seizes-isis-assad-captagon-courage-pills-fueling-crimes/ #Apapa #Assad #Italy #Kwara #Lagos #Syria Authority in Nigeria, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA for the second time in five years has intercepted and seized a deadly large consignment of illicit drug known as Captagon or chemical courage that gives users apparent super power to fight and stay longer for days or more without food, the illicit drug which also help users conquer the power of fear was first seized in 2020 at Apapa seaport in Lagos by the Nigeria authority, and in late April 2026, operatives of the Agency again intercepted a consignment of the amphetamine substance in Kwara state, the seizure may have confirmed that Captagon, specifically known for inducing prolonged wakefulness and reduced fear, is now being actively smuggled toward conflict zones in the Northeastern Nigeria that has recorded thousands of deaths since more than a decade, this, according to some public confessions that mentioned Captagon by name in the Lake Chad region, there is extensive evidence from captured fighters and survivors regarding the use of “white pills” and “combat drugs” to maintain energy and endure starvation, inline with this, a confessions of captured Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province, ISWAP fighters have detailed their reliance on drugs to sustain them in the bush, accordingly, a 21-year-old former Boko Haram fighter, Ali Modu testified about the group’s systematic use of narcotics to manipulate and control its members, Ali Modu who escaped in 2021 after years of being allegedly forced to fight, provided a rare look into the internal mechanics of “the push”—the psychological and chemical preparation required for combat, saying, drugs were mandatory before operations; “they told us when you take it you will be less afraid—you will be strong and courageous”, adding that without these pills, fighters felt too weak or fearful to engage in battle, that aside, some captured insurgents have described a cycle where drugs were once “plentiful” but became scarce as military pressure grew, and during these times, they used the drugs specifically to numb the pain of hunger when food supplies were cut off for months, as supplies dwindled, high-potency drugs were reserved strictly for commanders and those actively heading into raids to ensure they didn’t retreat, survivor accounts; both former captives and civilian frequently mentioned the “zombie-like” or “robotic” state of the insurgents or the “Strange Strength”, which escaped women have reported that fighters would go for days without sleeping or eating proper meals, appearing hyper-alert and aggressive, specifically, a reported drugged captive, a 16-year-old girl who escaped Boko Haram testified that the Islamic militants would force-drug girls when they started crying or showed signs of trauma to “knock them out” or make them compliant, the 16-year-old girl, Maryamu Joseph held captive for nine years in a Boko Haram camp within the Sambisa Forest before escaping in July 2023 shared with the aid agency, Aid to the Church in detailed the horrific conditions and psychological control methods used by the militants, stating, whenever girls cried or showed signs of trauma, militants would force-drug them to “knock them out” or ensure they were compliant, while Captagon before was the “terror drug” of the Middle East, notably used by Islamic State In Iraq and Syria, ISIS and ousted President Bashar al-Assad of Syria that were mass producing and supplying captagon drugs to several parts of the world especially countries in the Middle East and Africa as source of revenue generation and manipulating their own fighters to become more dangerous in attacking and showing no mercy to their enemies, but some security intelligence reports indicated that the shipping of Captagon from Syria into West Africa was primarily an industrial-scale operation run by the Assad regime, using sophisticated maritime “re-routing” strategies to bypass international detection, while ISIS aided the smuggling and the drug’s use and small-scale trafficking to fund its fighters, investigations have found that the group lacked the state-controlled ports and infrastructure required for the massive shipments recently discovered in Africa, which, suggests, the Assad regime, specifically the 4th Armoured Division, used a complex maritime relay system, thus, massive shipments originated from the Syrian state-controlled ports of Latakia and Tartous and the transit Ships often stopped at ports in Libya, Egypt, or Southern Europe like Italy’s Port of Salerno to change cargo papers or cleanse the shipment #OsazuwaAkonedo

Nigeria Arrests, Seizes ISIS, Assad Captagon Courage Pills Fueling Crimes https://osazuwaakonedo.news/nigeria-arrests-seizes-isis-assad-captagon-courage-pills-fueling-crimes/ #Apapa #Assad #Italy #Kwara #Lagos #Syria Authority in Nigeria, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA for the second time in five years has intercepted and seized a deadly large consignment of illicit drug known as Captagon or chemical courage that gives users apparent super power to fight and stay longer for days or more without food, the illicit drug which also help users conquer the power of fear was first seized in 2020 at Apapa seaport in Lagos by the Nigeria authority, and in late April 2026, operatives of the Agency again intercepted a consignment of the amphetamine substance in Kwara state, the seizure may have confirmed that Captagon, specifically known for inducing prolonged wakefulness and reduced fear, is now being actively smuggled toward conflict zones in the Northeastern Nigeria that has recorded thousands of deaths since more than a decade, this, according to some public confessions that mentioned Captagon by name in the Lake Chad region, there is extensive evidence from captured fighters and survivors regarding the use of “white pills” and “combat drugs” to maintain energy and endure starvation, inline with this, a confessions of captured Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province, ISWAP fighters have detailed their reliance on drugs to sustain them in the bush, accordingly, a 21-year-old former Boko Haram fighter, Ali Modu testified about the group’s systematic use of narcotics to manipulate and control its members, Ali Modu who escaped in 2021 after years of being allegedly forced to fight, provided a rare look into the internal mechanics of “the push”—the psychological and chemical preparation required for combat, saying, drugs were mandatory before operations; “they told us when you take it you will be less afraid—you will be strong and courageous”, adding that without these pills, fighters felt too weak or fearful to engage in battle, that aside, some captured insurgents have described a cycle where drugs were once “plentiful” but became scarce as military pressure grew, and during these times, they used the drugs specifically to numb the pain of hunger when food supplies were cut off for months, as supplies dwindled, high-potency drugs were reserved strictly for commanders and those actively heading into raids to ensure they didn’t retreat, survivor accounts; both former captives and civilian frequently mentioned the “zombie-like” or “robotic” state of the insurgents or the “Strange Strength”, which escaped women have reported that fighters would go for days without sleeping or eating proper meals, appearing hyper-alert and aggressive, specifically, a reported drugged captive, a 16-year-old girl who escaped Boko Haram testified that the Islamic militants would force-drug girls when they started crying or showed signs of trauma to “knock them out” or make them compliant, the 16-year-old girl, Maryamu Joseph held captive for nine years in a Boko Haram camp within the Sambisa Forest before escaping in July 2023 shared with the aid agency, Aid to the Church in detailed the horrific conditions and psychological control methods used by the militants, stating, whenever girls cried or showed signs of trauma, militants would force-drug them to “knock them out” or ensure they were compliant, while Captagon before was the “terror drug” of the Middle East, notably used by Islamic State In Iraq and Syria, ISIS and ousted President Bashar al-Assad of Syria that were mass producing and supplying captagon drugs to several parts of the world especially countries in the Middle East and Africa as source of revenue generation and manipulating their own fighters to become more dangerous in attacking and showing no mercy to their enemies, but some security intelligence reports indicated that the shipping of Captagon from Syria into West Africa was primarily an industrial-scale operation run by the Assad regime, using sophisticated maritime “re-routing” strategies to bypass international detection, while ISIS aided the smuggling and the drug’s use and small-scale trafficking to fund its fighters, investigations have found that the group lacked the state-controlled ports and infrastructure required for the massive shipments recently discovered in Africa, which, suggests, the Assad regime, specifically the 4th Armoured Division, used a complex maritime relay system, thus, massive shipments originated from the Syrian state-controlled ports of Latakia and Tartous and the transit Ships often stopped at ports in Libya, Egypt, or Southern Europe like Italy’s Port of Salerno to change cargo papers or cleanse the shipment #OsazuwaAkonedo

Nigeria Arrests, Seizes ISIS, Assad Captagon Courage Pills Fueling Crimes https://osazuwaakonedo.news/nigeria-arrests-seizes-isis-assad-captagon-courage-pills-fueling-crimes/ #Apapa #Assad #Italy #Kwara #Lagos #Syria Authority in Nigeria, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA for the second time in five years has intercepted and seized a deadly large consignment of illicit drug known as Captagon or chemical courage that gives users apparent super power to fight and stay longer for days or more without food, the illicit drug which also help users conquer the power of fear was first seized in 2020 at Apapa seaport in Lagos by the Nigeria authority, and in late April 2026, operatives of the Agency again intercepted a consignment of the amphetamine substance in Kwara state, the seizure may have confirmed that Captagon, specifically known for inducing prolonged wakefulness and reduced fear, is now being actively smuggled toward conflict zones in the Northeastern Nigeria that has recorded thousands of deaths since more than a decade, this, according to some public confessions that mentioned Captagon by name in the Lake Chad region, there is extensive evidence from captured fighters and survivors regarding the use of “white pills” and “combat drugs” to maintain energy and endure starvation, inline with this, a confessions of captured Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province, ISWAP fighters have detailed their reliance on drugs to sustain them in the bush, accordingly, a 21-year-old former Boko Haram fighter, Ali Modu testified about the group’s systematic use of narcotics to manipulate and control its members, Ali Modu who escaped in 2021 after years of being allegedly forced to fight, provided a rare look into the internal mechanics of “the push”—the psychological and chemical preparation required for combat, saying, drugs were mandatory before operations; “they told us when you take it you will be less afraid—you will be strong and courageous”, adding that without these pills, fighters felt too weak or fearful to engage in battle, that aside, some captured insurgents have described a cycle where drugs were once “plentiful” but became scarce as military pressure grew, and during these times, they used the drugs specifically to numb the pain of hunger when food supplies were cut off for months, as supplies dwindled, high-potency drugs were reserved strictly for commanders and those actively heading into raids to ensure they didn’t retreat, survivor accounts; both former captives and civilian frequently mentioned the “zombie-like” or “robotic” state of the insurgents or the “Strange Strength”, which escaped women have reported that fighters would go for days without sleeping or eating proper meals, appearing hyper-alert and aggressive, specifically, a reported drugged captive, a 16-year-old girl who escaped Boko Haram testified that the Islamic militants would force-drug girls when they started crying or showed signs of trauma to “knock them out” or make them compliant, the 16-year-old girl, Maryamu Joseph held captive for nine years in a Boko Haram camp within the Sambisa Forest before escaping in July 2023 shared with the aid agency, Aid to the Church in detailed the horrific conditions and psychological control methods used by the militants, stating, whenever girls cried or showed signs of trauma, militants would force-drug them to “knock them out” or ensure they were compliant, while Captagon before was the “terror drug” of the Middle East, notably used by Islamic State In Iraq and Syria, ISIS and ousted President Bashar al-Assad of Syria that were mass producing and supplying captagon drugs to several parts of the world especially countries in the Middle East and Africa as source of revenue generation and manipulating their own fighters to become more dangerous in attacking and showing no mercy to their enemies, but some security intelligence reports indicated that the shipping of Captagon from Syria into West Africa was primarily an industrial-scale operation run by the Assad regime, using sophisticated maritime “re-routing” strategies to bypass international detection, while ISIS aided the smuggling and the drug’s use and small-scale trafficking to fund its fighters, investigations have found that the group lacked the state-controlled ports and infrastructure required for the massive shipments recently discovered in Africa, which, suggests, the Assad regime, specifically the 4th Armoured Division, used a complex maritime relay system, thus, massive shipments originated from the Syrian state-controlled ports of Latakia and Tartous and the transit Ships often stopped at ports in Libya, Egypt, or Southern Europe like Italy’s Port of Salerno to change cargo papers or cleanse the shipment #OsazuwaAkonedo

Nigeria Arrests, Seizes ISIS, Assad Captagon Courage Pills Fueling Crimes https://osazuwaakonedo.news/nigeria-arrests-seizes-isis-assad-captagon-courage-pills-fueling-crimes/ #Apapa #Assad #Italy #Kwara #Lagos #Syria Authority in Nigeria, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA for the second time in five years has intercepted and seized a deadly large consignment of illicit drug known as Captagon or chemical courage that gives users apparent super power to fight and stay longer for days or more without food, the illicit drug which also help users conquer the power of fear was first seized in 2020 at Apapa seaport in Lagos by the Nigeria authority, and in late April 2026, operatives of the Agency again intercepted a consignment of the amphetamine substance in Kwara state, the seizure may have confirmed that Captagon, specifically known for inducing prolonged wakefulness and reduced fear, is now being actively smuggled toward conflict zones in the Northeastern Nigeria that has recorded thousands of deaths since more than a decade, this, according to some public confessions that mentioned Captagon by name in the Lake Chad region, there is extensive evidence from captured fighters and survivors regarding the use of “white pills” and “combat drugs” to maintain energy and endure starvation, inline with this, a confessions of captured Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province, ISWAP fighters have detailed their reliance on drugs to sustain them in the bush, accordingly, a 21-year-old former Boko Haram fighter, Ali Modu testified about the group’s systematic use of narcotics to manipulate and control its members, Ali Modu who escaped in 2021 after years of being allegedly forced to fight, provided a rare look into the internal mechanics of “the push”—the psychological and chemical preparation required for combat, saying, drugs were mandatory before operations; “they told us when you take it you will be less afraid—you will be strong and courageous”, adding that without these pills, fighters felt too weak or fearful to engage in battle, that aside, some captured insurgents have described a cycle where drugs were once “plentiful” but became scarce as military pressure grew, and during these times, they used the drugs specifically to numb the pain of hunger when food supplies were cut off for months, as supplies dwindled, high-potency drugs were reserved strictly for commanders and those actively heading into raids to ensure they didn’t retreat, survivor accounts; both former captives and civilian frequently mentioned the “zombie-like” or “robotic” state of the insurgents or the “Strange Strength”, which escaped women have reported that fighters would go for days without sleeping or eating proper meals, appearing hyper-alert and aggressive, specifically, a reported drugged captive, a 16-year-old girl who escaped Boko Haram testified that the Islamic militants would force-drug girls when they started crying or showed signs of trauma to “knock them out” or make them compliant, the 16-year-old girl, Maryamu Joseph held captive for nine years in a Boko Haram camp within the Sambisa Forest before escaping in July 2023 shared with the aid agency, Aid to the Church in detailed the horrific conditions and psychological control methods used by the militants, stating, whenever girls cried or showed signs of trauma, militants would force-drug them to “knock them out” or ensure they were compliant, while Captagon before was the “terror drug” of the Middle East, notably used by Islamic State In Iraq and Syria, ISIS and ousted President Bashar al-Assad of Syria that were mass producing and supplying captagon drugs to several parts of the world especially countries in the Middle East and Africa as source of revenue generation and manipulating their own fighters to become more dangerous in attacking and showing no mercy to their enemies, but some security intelligence reports indicated that the shipping of Captagon from Syria into West Africa was primarily an industrial-scale operation run by the Assad regime, using sophisticated maritime “re-routing” strategies to bypass international detection, while ISIS aided the smuggling and the drug’s use and small-scale trafficking to fund its fighters, investigations have found that the group lacked the state-controlled ports and infrastructure required for the massive shipments recently discovered in Africa, which, suggests, the Assad regime, specifically the 4th Armoured Division, used a complex maritime relay system, thus, massive shipments originated from the Syrian state-controlled ports of Latakia and Tartous and the transit Ships often stopped at ports in Libya, Egypt, or Southern Europe like Italy’s Port of Salerno to change cargo papers or cleanse the shipment #OsazuwaAkonedo

Nigeria Arrests, Seizes ISIS, Assad Captagon Courage Pills Fueling Crimes https://osazuwaakonedo.news/nigeria-arrests-seizes-isis-assad-captagon-courage-pills-fueling-crimes/ #Apapa #Assad #Italy #Kwara #Lagos #Syria Authority in Nigeria, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA for the second time in five years has intercepted and seized a deadly large consignment of illicit drug known as Captagon or chemical courage that gives users apparent super power to fight and stay longer for days or more without food, the illicit drug which also help users conquer the power of fear was first seized in 2020 at Apapa seaport in Lagos by the Nigeria authority, and in late April 2026, operatives of the Agency again intercepted a consignment of the amphetamine substance in Kwara state, the seizure may have confirmed that Captagon, specifically known for inducing prolonged wakefulness and reduced fear, is now being actively smuggled toward conflict zones in the Northeastern Nigeria that has recorded thousands of deaths since more than a decade, this, according to some public confessions that mentioned Captagon by name in the Lake Chad region, there is extensive evidence from captured fighters and survivors regarding the use of “white pills” and “combat drugs” to maintain energy and endure starvation, inline with this, a confessions of captured Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province, ISWAP fighters have detailed their reliance on drugs to sustain them in the bush, accordingly, a 21-year-old former Boko Haram fighter, Ali Modu testified about the group’s systematic use of narcotics to manipulate and control its members, Ali Modu who escaped in 2021 after years of being allegedly forced to fight, provided a rare look into the internal mechanics of “the push”—the psychological and chemical preparation required for combat, saying, drugs were mandatory before operations; “they told us when you take it you will be less afraid—you will be strong and courageous”, adding that without these pills, fighters felt too weak or fearful to engage in battle, that aside, some captured insurgents have described a cycle where drugs were once “plentiful” but became scarce as military pressure grew, and during these times, they used the drugs specifically to numb the pain of hunger when food supplies were cut off for months, as supplies dwindled, high-potency drugs were reserved strictly for commanders and those actively heading into raids to ensure they didn’t retreat, survivor accounts; both former captives and civilian frequently mentioned the “zombie-like” or “robotic” state of the insurgents or the “Strange Strength”, which escaped women have reported that fighters would go for days without sleeping or eating proper meals, appearing hyper-alert and aggressive, specifically, a reported drugged captive, a 16-year-old girl who escaped Boko Haram testified that the Islamic militants would force-drug girls when they started crying or showed signs of trauma to “knock them out” or make them compliant, the 16-year-old girl, Maryamu Joseph held captive for nine years in a Boko Haram camp within the Sambisa Forest before escaping in July 2023 shared with the aid agency, Aid to the Church in detailed the horrific conditions and psychological control methods used by the militants, stating, whenever girls cried or showed signs of trauma, militants would force-drug them to “knock them out” or ensure they were compliant, while Captagon before was the “terror drug” of the Middle East, notably used by Islamic State In Iraq and Syria, ISIS and ousted President Bashar al-Assad of Syria that were mass producing and supplying captagon drugs to several parts of the world especially countries in the Middle East and Africa as source of revenue generation and manipulating their own fighters to become more dangerous in attacking and showing no mercy to their enemies, but some security intelligence reports indicated that the shipping of Captagon from Syria into West Africa was primarily an industrial-scale operation run by the Assad regime, using sophisticated maritime “re-routing” strategies to bypass international detection, while ISIS aided the smuggling and the drug’s use and small-scale trafficking to fund its fighters, investigations have found that the group lacked the state-controlled ports and infrastructure required for the massive shipments recently discovered in Africa, which, suggests, the Assad regime, specifically the 4th Armoured Division, used a complex maritime relay system, thus, massive shipments originated from the Syrian state-controlled ports of Latakia and Tartous and the transit Ships often stopped at ports in Libya, Egypt, or Southern Europe like Italy’s Port of Salerno to change cargo papers or cleanse the shipment #OsazuwaAkonedo

Nigeria Arrests, Seizes ISIS, Assad Captagon Courage Pills Fueling Crimes https://osazuwaakonedo.news/nigeria-arrests-seizes-isis-assad-captagon-courage-pills-fueling-crimes/ #Apapa #Assad #Italy #Kwara #Lagos #Syria Authority in Nigeria, the National…

Nigeria Arrests, Seizes ISIS, Assad Captagon Courage Pills Fueling Crimes https://osazuwaakonedo.news/nigeria-arrests-seizes-isis-assad-captagon-courage-pills-fueling-crimes/ #Apapa #Assad #Italy #Kwara #Lagos #Syria Authority in Nigeria, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA for the second time in five years has intercepted and seized a deadly large consignment of illicit drug known as Captagon or chemical courage that gives users apparent super power to fight and stay longer for days or more without food, the illicit drug which also help users conquer the power of fear was first seized in 2020 at Apapa seaport in Lagos by the Nigeria authority, and in late April 2026, operatives of the Agency again intercepted a consignment of the amphetamine substance in Kwara state, the seizure may have confirmed that Captagon, specifically known for inducing prolonged wakefulness and reduced fear, is now being actively smuggled toward conflict zones in the Northeastern Nigeria that has recorded thousands of deaths since more than a decade, this, according to some public confessions that mentioned Captagon by name in the Lake Chad region, there is extensive evidence from captured fighters and survivors regarding the use of “white pills” and “combat drugs” to maintain energy and endure starvation, inline with this, a confessions of captured Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province, ISWAP fighters have detailed their reliance on drugs to sustain them in the bush, accordingly, a 21-year-old former Boko Haram fighter, Ali Modu testified about the group’s systematic use of narcotics to manipulate and control its members, Ali Modu who escaped in 2021 after years of being allegedly forced to fight, provided a rare look into the internal mechanics of “the push”—the psychological and chemical preparation required for combat, saying, drugs were mandatory before operations; “they told us when you take it you will be less afraid—you will be strong and courageous”, adding that without these pills, fighters felt too weak or fearful to engage in battle, that aside, some captured insurgents have described a cycle where drugs were once “plentiful” but became scarce as military pressure grew, and during these times, they used the drugs specifically to numb the pain of hunger when food supplies were cut off for months, as supplies dwindled, high-potency drugs were reserved strictly for commanders and those actively heading into raids to ensure they didn’t retreat, survivor accounts; both former captives and civilian frequently mentioned the “zombie-like” or “robotic” state of the insurgents or the “Strange Strength”, which escaped women have reported that fighters would go for days without sleeping or eating proper meals, appearing hyper-alert and aggressive, specifically, a reported drugged captive, a 16-year-old girl who escaped Boko Haram testified that the Islamic militants would force-drug girls when they started crying or showed signs of trauma to “knock them out” or make them compliant, the 16-year-old girl, Maryamu Joseph held captive for nine years in a Boko Haram camp within the Sambisa Forest before escaping in July 2023 shared with the aid agency, Aid to the Church in detailed the horrific conditions and psychological control methods used by the militants, stating, whenever girls cried or showed signs of trauma, militants would force-drug them to “knock them out” or ensure they were compliant, while Captagon before was the “terror drug” of the Middle East, notably used by Islamic State In Iraq and Syria, ISIS and ousted President Bashar al-Assad of Syria that were mass producing and supplying captagon drugs to several parts of the world especially countries in the Middle East and Africa as source of revenue generation and manipulating their own fighters to become more dangerous in attacking and showing no mercy to their enemies, but some security intelligence reports indicated that the shipping of Captagon from Syria into West Africa was primarily an industrial-scale operation run by the Assad regime, using sophisticated maritime “re-routing” strategies to bypass international detection, while ISIS aided the smuggling and the drug’s use and small-scale trafficking to fund its fighters, investigations have found that the group lacked the state-controlled ports and infrastructure required for the massive shipments recently discovered in Africa, which, suggests, the Assad regime, specifically the 4th Armoured Division, used a complex maritime relay system, thus, massive shipments originated from the Syrian state-controlled ports of Latakia and Tartous and the transit Ships often stopped at ports in Libya, Egypt, or Southern Europe like Italy’s Port of Salerno to change cargo papers or cleanse the shipment #OsazuwaAkonedo

Nigeria Arrests, Seizes ISIS, Assad Captagon Courage Pills Fueling Crimes https://osazuwaakonedo.news/nigeria-arrests-seizes-isis-assad-captagon-courage-pills-fueling-crimes/ #Apapa #Assad #Italy #Kwara #Lagos #Syria Authority in Nigeria, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA for the second time in five years has intercepted and seized a deadly large consignment of illicit drug known as Captagon or chemical courage that gives users apparent super power to fight and stay longer for days or more without food, the illicit drug which also help users conquer the power of fear was first seized in 2020 at Apapa seaport in Lagos by the Nigeria authority, and in late April 2026, operatives of the Agency again intercepted a consignment of the amphetamine substance in Kwara state, the seizure may have confirmed that Captagon, specifically known for inducing prolonged wakefulness and reduced fear, is now being actively smuggled toward conflict zones in the Northeastern Nigeria that has recorded thousands of deaths since more than a decade, this, according to some public confessions that mentioned Captagon by name in the Lake Chad region, there is extensive evidence from captured fighters and survivors regarding the use of “white pills” and “combat drugs” to maintain energy and endure starvation, inline with this, a confessions of captured Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province, ISWAP fighters have detailed their reliance on drugs to sustain them in the bush, accordingly, a 21-year-old former Boko Haram fighter, Ali Modu testified about the group’s systematic use of narcotics to manipulate and control its members, Ali Modu who escaped in 2021 after years of being allegedly forced to fight, provided a rare look into the internal mechanics of “the push”—the psychological and chemical preparation required for combat, saying, drugs were mandatory before operations; “they told us when you take it you will be less afraid—you will be strong and courageous”, adding that without these pills, fighters felt too weak or fearful to engage in battle, that aside, some captured insurgents have described a cycle where drugs were once “plentiful” but became scarce as military pressure grew, and during these times, they used the drugs specifically to numb the pain of hunger when food supplies were cut off for months, as supplies dwindled, high-potency drugs were reserved strictly for commanders and those actively heading into raids to ensure they didn’t retreat, survivor accounts; both former captives and civilian frequently mentioned the “zombie-like” or “robotic” state of the insurgents or the “Strange Strength”, which escaped women have reported that fighters would go for days without sleeping or eating proper meals, appearing hyper-alert and aggressive, specifically, a reported drugged captive, a 16-year-old girl who escaped Boko Haram testified that the Islamic militants would force-drug girls when they started crying or showed signs of trauma to “knock them out” or make them compliant, the 16-year-old girl, Maryamu Joseph held captive for nine years in a Boko Haram camp within the Sambisa Forest before escaping in July 2023 shared with the aid agency, Aid to the Church in detailed the horrific conditions and psychological control methods used by the militants, stating, whenever girls cried or showed signs of trauma, militants would force-drug them to “knock them out” or ensure they were compliant, while Captagon before was the “terror drug” of the Middle East, notably used by Islamic State In Iraq and Syria, ISIS and ousted President Bashar al-Assad of Syria that were mass producing and supplying captagon drugs to several parts of the world especially countries in the Middle East and Africa as source of revenue generation and manipulating their own fighters to become more dangerous in attacking and showing no mercy to their enemies, but some security intelligence reports indicated that the shipping of Captagon from Syria into West Africa was primarily an industrial-scale operation run by the Assad regime, using sophisticated maritime “re-routing” strategies to bypass international detection, while ISIS aided the smuggling and the drug’s use and small-scale trafficking to fund its fighters, investigations have found that the group lacked the state-controlled ports and infrastructure required for the massive shipments recently discovered in Africa, which, suggests, the Assad regime, specifically the 4th Armoured Division, used a complex maritime relay system, thus, massive shipments originated from the Syrian state-controlled ports of Latakia and Tartous and the transit Ships often stopped at ports in Libya, Egypt, or Southern Europe like Italy’s Port of Salerno to change cargo papers or cleanse the shipment #OsazuwaAkonedo

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Police Officers Operating As Criminal Gang Arrested In Edo https://osazuwaakonedo.news/police-officers-operating-as-criminal-gang-arrested-in-edo/ #Aduwawa #Agbonika #Disu #Edo #Rilwan #Teboga #Igp #Police Edo State Command of the Nigeria Police Force, NPF has announced the arrest of some serving and already dismissed police officers who worked together as a criminal gang terrorizing members of the public in Edo State, the state Commissioner of Police, Monday Agbonika who made this known in a press release made available a few hours ago, said the arrest was a major breakthrough against the suspected criminal elements pretending to be law enforcement officers to perpetrate heinous crimes within the state capital, Benin City and its environs, it may be recalled that there have been outcry by residents in Edo state that law enforcement officers are committing or participating in criminal activities in the state, specifically, in August 2025, some of policemen alongside some civilians were accused of abducting a resident in Benin City, the syndicate was said to have used a silver Toyota Yaris to terrorise citizens, seizing their phones and belongings through intimidation and armed robbery, in December 2025, four policemen were accused of extorting ₦980,000 from a local artisan, Goodness Onyeka, after assaulting him, earlier in September 2025, the Edo State Police Command reportedly recovered and returned ₦300,000 extorted from a furniture maker by officers attached to the Oba Market Area Command in Benin City, May 2025, six officers, including a Chief Superintendent of Police, CSP, were summoned to Abuja after a viral video showed them demanding either ₦5,000 or 5 litres of fuel from motorists for lacking Electronic Central Motor Registry, e-CMR proof—a policy that had actually been suspended then, also in August 2025, six officers were disciplined for extorting ₦2 million from members of the National Association of Seadogs near Benin City after they reportedly used a Point of Sale, POS, machine to withdraw the funds unlawfully. #OsazuwaAkonedo

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Unknown Soldiers in large numbers were seen on Saturday on the streets of Buguma in the Asari-Toru local government area … Read More “[Video] Unknown Soldiers Protect Asari Dokubo With RPG, Machine Guns, Other Weapons In Buguma, Rivers State” »

Unknown Gunmen since on Monday this week have continued to attack and kill numbers of Nigeria soldiers and policemen in … Read More “[VIDEO] Unknown Gunmen On Rampage In Enugu, Surviving Policeman In Shock As 3 Colleagues, Others Killed At Checkpoint” »

Unknown Gunmen suspected to be members of the Biafra secessionist armed group, took over some streets and the ever busy … Read More “[VIDEO] Unknown Gunmen In Show Of Force At Ihiala, Display 4 Security Men Dead Bodies” »