You’ll lose your investments if you carry drug traffickers, Marwa warns tricycle owners

Chairman/Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) has warned tricycle owners, popularly known as Keke Marwa, that they will lose their investments if they are caught moving drug traffickers or illicit substances in any part of the country.

Marwa in a statement by Director, Media and Advocacy NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, issued the warning at the weekend when all the 36 states chairmen including the FCT of Tricycle Owners Association of Nigeria (TOAN) represented by seven zonal chairmen of the body, paid him a visit in Abuja to seek partnership between the NDLEA and the association in the fight against drug abuse and illicit drug trafficking.

According to Marwa, “you and millions of your members have all invested hundreds of millions to buy these tricycles but let me urge and warn that many of them may lose their investments if they are caught using the tricycles to promote criminalities by using them to convey drugs and drug traffickers. Please urge your members who may be doing this to desist because the long arms of the NDLEA will soon catch them and they will only have themselves to blame.”

In his remarks, the leader of the delegation, Comrade Aliyu Audu Shuaibu, expressed appreciation to Gen. Marwa for granting them audience despite his busy schedule.

“The seed you sowed in Lagos State years ago is what is sustaining millions of Nigerians till today whether as a business or means of transportation. We are here to thank you for this great vision; we are also here to support your current assignment in the fight against illicit drugs and traffickers,” Shuaibu said.