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Tuesday, December 3, 2024

NDLEA seizes 34,950 Tramadol, Diazepam capsules going to Borno in Lagos

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By Emeagi Emeka Williams

A total of 34,950 capsules of Tramadol and Diazepam suspected to be heading to insurgents camps in Borno state have been intercepted and seized by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, in Lagos.

A 25-year-old Mohammed Isah, recruited to move the drugs from Lagos to Borno was arrested on Tuesday 1st June, 2021 at SD Motors park, Agege, Lagos with 12, 390 capsules of Tramadol weighing 4.8kg and 22,560 tablets of Diazepam with a total weight of 14kg, bringing the total weight of the exhibits to 18.8kg.

Under interrogation, the suspect who hails from Mandara Mountain, Ashgashia, in Gwoza LGA, Borno State said he came to Lagos in 2013 and started life with riding commercial motorcycle (Okada), then tricycle (Keke Marwa) and currently, a township bus, from Ikeja to Ojota.

According to him, on Friday, 28th May, one Kakali Abubakar who also hails from Mandara Mountain, invited him to see him at Ezekiel Street, Ikeja, where he gave him the assignment of transporting the drugs to Maiduguri for a fee of N50, 000, which he accepted. He said Kakali advised him to either board a Tanker or Trailer from Lagos to Maiduguri to avoid being caught. He agreed but rather travelled in a bus operated by a certain SD Motors from Lagos to Kano and then took another vehicle to Maiduguri.

The suspect claimed he accepted the offer because of the monetary benefit due to pressure on his finances as his wife and three children displaced by Boko Haram activities are currently in a refugee camp in Maiduguri. Investigations revealed that before Mohammed’s arrest, Kakali had travelled out of Lagos to Maiduguri to await the arrival of the consignment.
Chairman/Chief Executive of NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) in his reaction commended the officers and men of the Lagos state Command of the Agency for their vigilance and blocking of such volume of drugs from getting to Borno state, which is currently the hotbed of insurgents activities in the country. He asked them to remain proactive and committed to the Agency’s common goal.
Timeswatch got this report in a statement signed by the agency’s Director, Media & Advocacy, Femi Babafemi on 5th June,
at the NDLEA Headquarters, Abuja.

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