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Speaker 1: Men of Nigeria Anti Illicit Drugs Police the National Drug

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Law Enforcement Agency NDLA have arrested three dispatch riders in Wurimpa,

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Jahi and Guladamawa areas of nigeria Federal Capital Territory FCT,

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Abuja after the agency allegedly caught the dispatch riders Sabo

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Sule twenty four, Samuel Namdi twenty eight and Idris Jaibrin

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twenty eight with cannabis as the three suspects were distributing

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the illicit substances around the city last Wednesday, while the

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NDLA operatives also arrested and intercepted cocaine, tramadol consignments in

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vehicle side mirrors and lipsticks during the preceding week. According

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to NDLA, the businesswoman behind cocaine in lipsticks was nabbed

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while opioids concealed inside footweares were recovered at Maidaguri Airport.

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Details of the reporters contained in the news release made

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available by NDLA on Sunday reads verbatum below. Operatives of

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the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency ndl EA have intercepted

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consignments of cocaine and tramadol two hundred and twenty five

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milligrams concealed in seventy one vehicle side mirrors being sent

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to Libreville, Gabon through the export shed of the Matala

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Mohammad International Airport MMIA A Qujeleagos, with not less than

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three suspects linked to the cargo already arrested in follow

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up operations. The first batch of the consignment, consisting fifty

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seven thousand, four hundred and twenty pills of tramadol two

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hundred and twenty five milligrams and fifty seven pellets of

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cocaine weighing one point six to zero kilograms, were intercepted

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in a cargo going to Gabon on air Coat de

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Noir on Saturday, the nineteenth of July twenty twenty five.

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A popular cargo agent in equeme Osiniki Benedict, handling the shipment,

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was immediately arrested, after which further investigation led to the

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arrest of another suspect, Uzochiku Godspower Chukurra, on Sunday, the

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twentieth of July. Eleven parcels of cocaine with a total

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weight of one kilogram were later recovered from four additional

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side mirrors being prepared for export found in the home

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of Uzochuku on Monday, the twenty first of July, bringing

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the total number of parcels of cocaine to sixty eight

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weighing two point six o kilograms. In a related development,

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ndl EA Operatives on Friday, the first of August arrested

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a businesswoman, missus Nawafa Rosanne Necker, at her shop within

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the Trade Fair Complex a Joe, Legos, following the interception

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of one hundred grams of cocaine and three hundred grams

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of fenesatime, a cutting agent concealed in ladies lipsticks going

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to Malabo, Equatorial Guinea through the export shed of the

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Lagos Airport on the tenth of July twenty twenty five.

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Two cargo agents linked to the shipment were earlier arrested

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before the eventual arrest of Necker, who runs the krimin

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trade as a family business with her husband Remigus Nwafa,

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currently on the run. In her statement, missus Nowafa admitted

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she bought the lipsticks used to conceal the illicit drugs

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while her husband handled the actual concealment in Abuja, the

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nation’s federal capital territory. NDLA operatives conducting intelligence led stop

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and search operations in Guarimpa Jahi and Guladamawa areas of

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the FCT on Wednesday, the thirtieth of July arrested three

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dispatch riders, Sabo Sule twenty four, Samuel Namdi twenty eight

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and Idris Jaibrin twenty eight for distributing illicit substances around

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the city. A total of one hundred and forty nine

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point eight grams of Canadian Laud, a strong strain of cannabis,

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were recovered from them. Two other suspects, Ali Abubakar twenty

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five and Adakunley Agbabiaka thirty, were arrested along a Baji

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Aguilada Expressway with ninety one point one kilograms Skunk, a

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strain of cannabis on Saturday the second of August. In Lagos,

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ndl EA offices acting on intelligence on Saturday the second

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of August arrested Joseph Michael with three point three kilograms

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of Colorado, a synthetic strain of cannabis in Mushian, while

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Ibrahem Suliman was nabbed in a wire area of Yama

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with sixteen point five litres of scuchies. On Friday, the

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first of August, no fewer than one hundred thousand pills

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of tramadol capsules were seized from a suspect, Hussain Yusuf

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thirty seven at an ndl E checkpoint along van Dai

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Kio Agoja Road in Bernu State on Friday, the first

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of August one. Operatives in Edo State same day raided

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a warehouse in Ipoma where a suspect, William A. Labe

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forty four was arrested in two hundred and thirty three

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point five kilograms skunk recovered. In Borno state, ndl EA

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operatives of the Arrival Hall of the Mohammadu Buhari International

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Airport MVIIAM made a guri on Friday, the first of

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August intercepted a consignment of one hundred and sixty pills

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of tramadol concealed in footwears by a thirty eight year

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old passenger, Umar Aminu, who was promptly arrested. While ndl

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EA operatives in Ogan State on Friday the first of

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August raided the Oyo Hodin area and arrested a female suspect,

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Yohaya amanat Say with seven thou two hundred and eighteen

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pills of opioids, mainly tramadol, their counterparts in Oyo State

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now Noladeji Saka fifty four with seventy seven point five

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kilograms of skunker desani ke A Barden, just as another suspect,

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Bensonizza forty, was arrested in Abraca Delta State with twelve

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point five kilograms skunk, one kilogram tramadol and fourteen point

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four liters of codeine. In Bielsa State NDLA offices on Friday,

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the first of August arrested fifty two year old chief

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of Mecha Opara and Anuoha Chadinma twenty five along Tanta

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Road and Asoma where a total of forty one thousand,

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seven hundred and five tramadol capsules among other assorted opioids

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were recovered from their shop and residence, while a suspect,

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Forshir Gambo thirty was nabbed at Yayasatown Tudenwada Local Government Area,

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Carno State with sixty one kilograms skunk. Two suspects, Kabiru

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Yinde forty and Rocky Vada Kombi twenty five were on Monday,

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the twenty eighth of July arrested at Alago area of

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Emo Town, Osun State, where ninety kilograms skunk thirty six

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point three grams of methamphetamine a Toyota bus marked s

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m K seven hundred and fifty five yf and two

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hundred and twenty eight thousand, two hundred naira’s cash exhibit

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were recovered from them. In like manner, commands and formations

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of the agency across the country continued their war against

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drug abuse WADA sensitization activities to schools, worship centers, workplaces

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and communities among others. In the past week. These include

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WADA Enlightenment lecture to students and staff of Seroma Ibrahemi

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Islamir School, Fetiskam Yobe, Sultan Makido Institute for Koran and

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General Studies, Wammako Sokto Metro drivers of Borno Express Transport Services, Maidaguri,

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Borno State and worshippers at Seventh Day Adventist Church, Abakonike,

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Enugu State. While the Osuan State Command of ndl EA

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paid a Wader advocacy visit to Aluo of Ewo Land.

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His Imperial Majesty Ober Abduashid Adewale Acanbi, while commending the

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offices and men of the MMIA, MBIAM, FCT, legos Edo Oyo,

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Delta Bielsa, Bernu Karno and OSUN Commands for the arrests

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Sieges and the Dexterity. Chairman, Chief Executive Officer of ndl EA,

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Brigadier General Mohammad Baba Mahwa retired and joined them and

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their colleagues across the country to continue with the ongoing

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balance to approach to the drug control efforts of the agency.

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Fermi Babafemi, Director Media and Advocacy ndl EA, stated on Sunday,

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the third of August twenty twenty Fivedi Guingi Ni in

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the mortgages Alway