Ekiti destroys 20 hectares of marijuana farm

The Ekiti State Government has destroyed over 20 hectares of marijuana plantation in the Ise-Ekiti forest reserve.

The plantation was set on fire by officers of the state Forestry Task Force.

The Executive Secretary of the State Forestry Commission, Sunday Adekunle, on Sunday, said the action followed a tip-off that some miscreants were engaging in nefarious activities in the government reserves along the Ise axis. He said the perpetrators had turned the area into a den of kidnappers, tormenting citizens and travellers in the area.

He said the 20-hectare Indian hemp plantation and nursery prepared for transplanting of the illegal weeds were destroyed in the operation.

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Adekunle noted that efforts are on by the government to ensure adequate security for citizens, promising the readiness of the commission to flush out men of the underworld from the reserves across the state.

He commended the governor, Mr Biodun Oyebanji, for recruiting boundary men, who had been posted to government reserves to ensure adequate security through their regular patrols.