NDLEA convicts 21, 871 traffickers in 23 years

[Mirror]

At least 21, 871 drug traffickers have been convicted by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, in its 23 years of operation in the country.

Aside this, more than 3, 434, 966.23 kilogrammes of drugs, including narcotics were seized under the period being reviewed.

Speaking to journalists at the 2013 International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Drug Trafficking in Ilorin, Kwara State yesterday, Commander of the agency, Mr. Segun Oke, said ridding the country of the scourge drugs is the goal of the NDLEA.

According to him; "The breakdown of the drugs seized shows that 2, 827, 861.70kg of cannabis, 178, 120.73kg of cocaine, 195, 283, 92kg of heroin and 233, 699kg of psychotropic substances were seized with Kwara State accounting for about 10.532 percent within 10 years."

He continued; "The establishment of the agency was Nigeria's deliberate and serious attempt at evolving an institutional framework for the suppression of the drug cankerworm."

National Mirror