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Briefing journalists on
Monday on the activities of
the command and its
preparations towards the
year's United Nations
Anti-drug Trafficking and
Abuse Day on June 26, Obi
expressed regrets over
efforts of drug dealers and
victims to frustrate the
agency's fight against the
use of drugs.
“The most disturbing,
perhaps with an ironic twist
to it, is the situation
where the victims themselves
side with the dealers to
frustrate illicit drug
eradication essentially
because of ignorance,
poverty or wrong education
and exposure,” she lamented,
adding that the agency is
confronted by such
challenges as inadequate
logistics, finance and
facilities.
“In the period under review,
51 secondary schools got
drug preventive education
and drug-free clubs were
established, while
counselling exercises were
conducted for 121 persons in
six local government areas,”
she revealed. “Substances
recovered from the suspects
include 17.10gms of cocaine,
46.602gms of heroine,
86.702kg of cannabis sativa
and 27.5ltrs of combine.”
She assured the public odf
NDLEA's commitment to drug
war, urging communities to
join in the fight. “We need
the public to assist us,
especially in the area of
community action, to stop
the joints used by these
drug dealers. When the NDLEA
arrests people and jails
them, they will still come
back to the society to do
the business. There is no
committed effort by the
public to stop the dealers
from drug business, which
they see as a normal way of
earning livelihood.
“We are unrelenting in our
resolve to guarantee that
the name of this country and
the reputation of its
well-meaning citizens remain
unsullied by the activities
of a very unscrupulous
minority.”###
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