Drug War: NDLEA Destroys 77,000kg Skunk in Cross River, Edo Forests; Recovers 4,000kg in Nasarawa
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have destroyed a total of 77,000 kilograms of skunk on 30 hectares of cannabis farms at Esuk-Odot village in Odukpani LGA, Cross River state where 200kg of same substance was recovered on Wednesday 22nd May.
In the same vein, 1,957.5kg of the psychoactive plant was destroyed at Ohosu forest, Ovia South West LGA and Okhuse community forest, Owan West LGA, Edo State on Friday 23rd and Saturday 24th of May, 2025.
The Director, Media and Advocacy of the anti-narcotic agency, Femi Babafemi disclosed this in a statement made available to Thelensng on Sunday.
Babafemi explained that in Nasarawa State, two suspects: Sunday Daniel, 51, and Abu Peter, 30, were arrested at Keffi by NDLEA operatives on Saturday, 24th of May when 4,000 kilograms of skunk were discovered concealed under unprocessed wood in their lorry, while another suspect, Godwin Obi, 39, was nabbed at Karu with 154.5kg of same substance on Wednesday, 21st of May.
In Kaduna, NDLEA operatives on patrol along Kaduna – Zaria expressway at Gwargwaje on Wednesday, 21st of May, intercepted 22-year-old Muhammad Hamza with 57,750 pills of tramadol and Diazepam, their counterparts in Bauchi arrested Usman Muhammad, 45, along Bauchi-Misau road with 80 blocks of skunk weighing 45kg same day.
Similarly, operatives on stop-and-search operations along Potiskum–Damaturu road, Yobe State intercepted 55 parcels of Colorado, weighing 2kg, which a suspect Adum Muhammed, 29, was attempting to smuggle into the Republic of Chad through Ngamboru Ngala border town in Borno State.
In Niger State, NDLEA operatives on patrol along Mokwa-Jebba road on Thursday, 22nd of May intercepted a Mercedes Benz car marked FST 938 FU loaded with 235 blocks of compressed cannabis sativa weighing 97kg and arrested a suspect, Adams Ayibakro.
Also, operatives in Lagos raided the Osapa London area of Lekki where they arrested a suspect Jonathan Isa with different quantities of Cocaine, Methamphetamine, Molly, Rohypnol, Codeine, Cannabis and Nitrous Oxide while another raid at Idasun, Eleko, Ibeju Lekki on Saturday, 24th of May led to the arrest of Olamilekan Idowu and seizure of 48kg skunk.
Meanwhile, the War Against Drug Abuse (WADA) social advocacy activities by NDLEA Commands equally continued across the country in the past week.
Some of them include: WADA sensitisation lecture delivered to students and staff of Adamu Babbale Government Secondary School, Dimirkol, Katsina; Mary Hanney Secondary School, Oron, Akwa Ibom; Nnodo Secondary School, Abakaliki, Ebonyi; Government Secondary School, Guyuk, Adamawa; and Government Girls Islamic Secondary School, Gwagwarwa, Kano.
Similarly, the Lagos State command of NDLEA paid WADA advocacy visit to the Sarkin Fulani of Lagos, Alhaji Muhammadu Bambado, among others.
Commenting on the feats, the Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Rtd) commended the officers and men of the various Commands of the Agency involved in the arrests and seizures of the past week.
He further praised their counterparts in other commands across the country for ensuring a fair balance between their drug supply reduction and drug demand reduction efforts.
