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

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Law Enforcement Agency NDLA have seized Australia bound cocaine hidden

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insult first Cream models in Lego State, just as the

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security operatives intercepted six vehicles forty fifth trailer loaded with

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skunk and Abuja, the Nigeria Capital Territory. Nd LA, in

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a news released by its spokesperson Ferry Barbatai, stated that

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the six vehicles and forty fifth trailer loaded with skok

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were seized in midnight reate in Abuja. Y LA also

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stated that one point one billion nira’s worth of coding

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shipments in Rivers State was intercepted, while the operative is

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now a traditional priest for drug trafficking. Details of the

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news release rates below end quote. L forty fifth trailer

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load of skunk a strand of cannabis were in two thousand,

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two hundred and seventeen point six kilograms has been intercepted

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by opera natives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency

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and DLA while being distributed into six vankoos at an

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abandoned forward station in Kegine Kuba area of the Federal

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Capital Territory f City and Buja for on one distribution

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to some northern States. The intelligence led operation, which took

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place at one twenty am on Saturday, the eleventh of

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January twenty twenty five, led to the seashore of not

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only the large inlitive consignment, but also the trailer and

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the six vehicles Toyota Van, Toyota Caamrica, Toyota c NA,

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Boss Jack four will drive Hillockstrock, Toyota Corolla car and

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Event to Pasaka, as well as the arrest of a suspect,

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forty two year old Isaac Munday Desmond. The consignment was

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loaded into the trailer at Ozeba in one local council

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area of Endose States. In another red in the f City,

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two suspects, Anthony Namdi forty two and Amber Ali twenty seven,

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were arrested by NDLA officers at Inyanya, where combined one

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point thirty nine eight kilograms cocaine and the precossal softstance

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used in preparing craft cocaine were recovered from them. No

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fewer than twenty roups of cocaine weighing three hundred and

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thirty grounds have been recovered from a cargo going to

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Australia as a logistics found in Legos by officers of

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the Directorate of Operations and General Investigation DOGGIE in NDLEE.

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The cocaine parcels were concealed around the body of first

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cream containers. In the shipment. A total of three hundred

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and thirty eight thousand, two hundred three hundred and thirty

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eight thousand, two hundred bottles of codein based errup worth

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more than one billion, one hundred and ninety million, one

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hundred and sixty eight thousand, two hundred LYRA one billion,

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one hundred and ninety million, one hundred and sixty eight thousand,

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two hundred lyras in street value were intercepted in two

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continers watch listed by the agency following processed intelligence. The

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illicit consignments were discovered during joint examination of the continers

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by NDLA Operatives, COUSTOMS and other security agencies on Thursday,

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ninth and Friday the tenth of January twenty twenty five

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at the Port Harkockports Complex on the Rivers State in Legos.

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The traditional chief priest of the Igunuku Shrine Alpha vitch Ajalaki,

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were two thousand, seven hundred and sixty kilograms COUMP was

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recovered on the twenty fifth of October twenty twenty four,

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Barrio Elias Marlow has been arrested by NDLA operatives after

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over three months of manhunt for him, though two of

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his accomplices were earlier arrested at the shrine last year

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and has since been charged and convicted in court. Barrio

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was said to be the leader of the syndicate. A

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suspect HABIBUYAO twenty three was noted by nd L e

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A officers who readered Gada Tamburawa Zaria Road, Canoe on Thursday,

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the ninth of January, where they recovered forty five blocks

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of cannabis weighing twenty four point two kilograms and forty thousand,

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eight hundred pills of opioids, including tramadol from him. With

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the San Vigo commands and formations of the agency across

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the country continued their war against drug abuse WADA sensitizational

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activities to schools, worship centers, workplaces and communities among others.

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In the past week. These include wather enlightenment lecture to

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students and staff of a Jaya House and Estate Junior

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Secondary School, Lego State surrendered Boko Haram members at hatchcamp

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Mylubouri Borno State Muslim Fretful during their jamat prayer at

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Cambus Central Mosque, Kevin State, while Cano State commanded a

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wader advocacy visit to the District Health of Danbata Dr

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Zu Mukta among the others, while commanding the officers and

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men of Doggie FCAT PHPC legos and kind of commands

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of the agency for the arrests and sea shows. Chairman

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Chief Executive Officer of LDLA Brigania, General Mohammed Buba Mawa Retired,

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stated that the operational successes and those of their compatriols

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across the country, especially their balanced approach to drug supply

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reduction and drug demand reduction efforts, are well appreciated. Family

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Baba Family Director Media and Advocacy NDLEA Headquarters, Abuja, reported

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on Sunday, the twelfth of January twenty twenty five. Meanwhile,

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Chairman Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency

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nd LA Brigandia, General Mohammed Buba Maawa Retired, has said

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that the steady operational successes being recorded by the Anti

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Narcotic body in its drug supply and demand reduction efforts

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will continue to justify the support and assistance it is

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getting from the United States Government, other partners and stackholders.

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Maas stated this at the commissioning of Central Exhibit Office,

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donated by the US Government to NDLA at the agency’s

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headquarters annexed in Ecoin, Legos on Tuesday, the seventh of

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January twenty twenty five. The facility was handed over to

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the NDLA Boss by the US Consulate General most Joe L. N. George,

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supported by other senior US officials. While commanding the United

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States Government as a reliable only in Nigeria’s renewed efforts

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to combat drug related crimes, Mauers sent the continued collaboration

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with the US has been infinite, boasted and enhanced ndl’s

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operational capabilities. According to him, today, I am particularly pleased

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to acknowledge one of such just uws naming the donation

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of the Office for our Central Exhibition custodians. This donation

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acknowledges the critical need for efficient and secure handling of evidence,

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which is essential for the successful prosecution of drug related cases.

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This contribution will not only strengthen our operational framework, but

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also set a new standard for accountability and transparency. In

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drug law enforcement. It is an investment in the security

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and the future of our nations, he said. Despite the

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agency’s improved performance, we recommend that the war against drug

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trafficking and abuse is far from over. As an organization,

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we are committed to surmounting the challenges, the NDLA said,

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the challenges not with standing. Tremendous successes have been recorded

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on all fronts against the drug manners his words, so far,

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the results have been justifying. In twenty twenty four, we

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since over two point six million kilograms of illicit drugs

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across the country. We arrested more than eighteen thousand, five

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hundred drug trafficking offenders, got over three thousand, two hundred

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and fifty convicted, including ten drug barrels with more than

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two hundred and twenty hectares of canopies firms destroyed. While

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in the same birth we counseled and rehabilitated over eight

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two hundred with more than three thousand sensitization and advocacy

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programs organized across the country in schools, markets, motor parks,

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worship centers, workplaces and communities, among others, thus creating an

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equipois between our drug supply reduction and drug demand reduction efforts,

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while calling for continuous support and more collaboration from the

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US government and other partners. Mauer said, the challenges of

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illicit drugs are dynamic and multificeted, and as such require

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continuous partnership and innovation. That is why we are pragmatic

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in our on ending quest for four support from our

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international partners, he stakeholders and public spirited persons. We taek

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intervention in critical areas such as capacity building and enhanced

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training for our officers, provision of technology and equipment, especially

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for advanced soveilance and tracking, intelligence and information sharing, and

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provision of operational logistics. He added. He commanded the American

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people for their support and magnanimity over the years. Our

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shared goal remains the protection of lives and the promotion

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of a cepher held their world. As Chairman and CEO

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of NDLE, I pledge our commitment to accountability, transparency, and

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the effective fertilization of the resources and trusted to US.

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I assure you that every donation inspires confidence in the

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agency end by extension inspires resilience, hard work, and dedication

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among our workforce. He specifically attempt the USDA Attache in Nigeria,

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mister Robert Basco, whose on Tyrann efforts and commitments meant

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the donation and several others a reality, even as he

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expressed gratitude to the United States Africa Command and the

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US Embassy for their invaluable partnership. In her remarks, the

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US artem Consul General Most Joe Ellen George said, the

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corner stone of the relationship between Nigeria and US as

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premist on the vibrancy of democracy. It’s a principle deeply

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embraced by both of our nations. And one of our

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leaders who helped not Shulder’s deep and enduring partnership between

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our two countries was former President Jimmy Carter, who, as noted,

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passed away on December twenty ninth at age one hundred.

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President Carter was an extraordinary leader and he dedicated his

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years in and out of office promoting peace, democracy held

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and human rights. And today, as is customary in the

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United States, his body is being drawn on a horse

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carriage to the US capital to lie extent so that

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we can all respect the legacy that he has left

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for us. And President Kata was actually the first US

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President to make a state visits to Nigeria. She highlighted

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the significance of the support the US government has been

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provided for the NDLA, wile commanding MAWA for taking advantage

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of such partnership to achieve tremendous results for Nigeria in

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the fight against illicit drugs. According to her, the efforts

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to fight drug trafficking in Nigeria and across West Africa

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region have successes because we share the same objective of

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counterin crime, illegal drugs and instability. Today, as part of

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our enduring partnership, the US Government, through the US Africa

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Command Africa, in collaboration with the Enforcement Administration d IS

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order to hand over a dedicated office space for the NDLA.

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This dedicated facility will provide NDLA officers with a safe

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and secure office space to conduct investigations, to process arrestes,

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and to conduct post arrest interviews. Now, this donation is

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the latest example of the robust and productive cooperation between

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the United States Government and the NDLA. In twenty twenty four,

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the US government invested half a million dollars to modernize

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and equip the Chemical Forensic Laboratory at the NDLEA Zonal

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office here in Legos. That of graded Laboratory is now

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equipped with cotton age technology which enhances the NDLED capacity

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to underlynze suspicious substances and to process evidence from crime

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scenes and suspects. Over the years, our joint efforts have

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helped to build the capacity of the Nigerian authorities to

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destruct drug trafficking networks, to dismantle clandestine meth labs, and

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to conduct advanced forensic analysis of synthetic drugs. We look

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forward to depending our collaboration with the Nigerian Government and

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its agencies as we continue to combat narcotics to destruct

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the flow of illegal drugs, especially synthetic drugs, and that

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will better board of our societies. Family Barbafami, Director Media

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and Advocacy NDLA Headquarters, Abuja, reported on Tuesday, the seventh

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of January twenty twenty five. One Lady Green day, you

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bring me in a mortgagial way.