The Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) has tasked Zonal Commanders, State Commanders and Area Commanders of the agency to go all out and smoke out drug barons still in hiding as well as dismantle their cartels as part of ongoing efforts to totally cut off drug supply to elements involved in criminalities across the country.
Marwa gave the charge on Thursday in Abuja during a meeting with Directors and all Commanding Officers of the agency at its national headquarters in Abuja where he commended them for the unprecedented successes achieved so far and tasked them not to rest on their oars.
The spokesman of NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, in a statement Thursday quoted Marwa as saying that no effort must be spared to remove the illicit drug equation from the security challenges facing the country.
He said that the agency is working with relevant authorities for improved funding so that it can comprehensively and holistically play its role as part and parcel of the solution to the security challenges facing the nation.
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“We all are witnesses to the upsurge in the cases of kidnapping and such vices, this means NDLEA must remain upstanding. For those who have been watching and listening, recently, there is another demand by kidnappers and bandits aside money, which is drugs.
“In that sense, it means NDLEA is working because they don’t ask for it before, meaning that they’re no longer as available as they used to be and the prices of those available have gone beyond their reach,” he added.
