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South-west Has Largest Cannabis Farms – NDLEA by TeaParty: 2:55am On Jul 28, 2013
The Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency has said the South-West geopolitical zone has the largest cannabis plantations in the country, with 1,404.27 hectares of cannabis farmland destroyed in 2012.

Of this, Ekiti State tops the list of states in the zone, with 764 hectares of cannabis farmland.

In data SUNDAY PUNCH obtained from the Head, Public Affairs, NDLEA, Mr. Mitchell Ofoyeju, on Friday, the agency said the plantations were concentrated in Ekiti, Ondo, Osun, Ogun and Oyo states.

It added that Delta and Edo states in the South-South top the list of states with the largest cannabis farms from other zones.

NDLEA said, of the 8,052 drug suspects arrested, North-West had the highest with 2,185.

This was followed by South-West, with 1,591; South-South, 1,480; North-Central, 1,230; South-East, 960; and North-East, 606.

The agency seized 233,700kg of narcotics in the year under review, with the South-South having the highest, with 106,676.716kg.

The South-West came second, with 94,036.265kg; North-Central, 14,472.309kg; North-West, 10,357.895kg; North-East, 4,548.268kg; and South-East, 3,608.309kg.

On the list of states with the largest volume of drugs seized, Edo led with 81,541.71kg. Ondo had 61,246.35kg; Delta, 23,418.48kg; Ogun, 8,469.99kg; Oyo, 7,232.08kg; and Ekiti, 6,685.23kg.

Kano State recorded the highest number of arrests, with 705 suspects – all males.

Katsina State came second, with 411 suspects —407 males and four females. Plateau State recorded 384 arrests — 369 males and 15 females. Ekiti State had 383 suspects — 349 males and 34 females.

Others include Lagos, with 321 suspects — 305 males and 16 females; Delta, 292 suspects — 243 males and 49 females.

Ofoyeju noted that the statistics assisted the NDLEA in resources allocation and personnel deployment in line with the rating of the geographical locations.

He added that it helped the agency in planning raid operations and public enlightenment campaign programmes.

Ofoyeju said, “The Chairman of the NDLEA, Ahmadu Giade, recently posited that cannabis cultivation has serious implication on national economy and security.

“Cannabis eradication is one of our priority concerns. It prevents cannabis from struggling with legitimate crops for arable land. Incentive is taken from the drug cartel, while legitimate farmers are encouraged to grow food and cash crops. Besides cutting off supply to the trafficker and drug addicts, cannabis control promotes national economy and security.”

http://www.punchng.com/news/south-west-has-largest-cannabis-farms-ndlea/
Re: South-west Has Largest Cannabis Farms – NDLEA by Gboliwe: 3:49am On Jul 28, 2013
Interesting statistics. Now we know better.
Re: South-west Has Largest Cannabis Farms – NDLEA by Tolexander: 3:54am On Jul 28, 2013
Possible, because the land supports the cultivation than other zones.
Re: South-west Has Largest Cannabis Farms – NDLEA by Brimmie(m): 5:17am On Jul 28, 2013
Tolexander: Possible, because the land supports the cultivation than other zones.

Lol.. Sharp Guy!! Na True Sha!! cheesy cheesy
Re: South-west Has Largest Cannabis Farms – NDLEA by geeez: 6:03am On Jul 28, 2013
Tolexander: Possible, because the land supports the cultivation than other zones.
You're right

The SW has the largest expanse of arable land and farms after the middle belt

So if only 5% of the SW farms are used to cultivate the contraband, it would still be higher than many other zones where 10-15% of farms are used
Re: South-west Has Largest Cannabis Farms – NDLEA by ujchief(m): 6:19am On Jul 28, 2013
Lol @folks trying so hard to see the silver lining in this dark cloud; this report came from the boss of NDLEA, not from the minister of Agriculturecheesycheesy

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Re: South-west Has Largest Cannabis Farms – NDLEA by Tolexander: 7:30am On Jul 28, 2013
ujchief: Lol @folks trying so hard to see the silver lining in this dark cloud; this report came from the boss of NDLEA, not from the minister of Agriculturecheesycheesy
who are you refering to?
Come out straight!
Re: South-west Has Largest Cannabis Farms – NDLEA by Tolexander: 8:40am On Jul 28, 2013
geeez:
You're right

The SW has the largest expanse of arable land and farms after the middle belt

So if only 5% of the SW farms are used to cultivate the contraband, it would still be higher than many other zones where 10-15% of farms are used
not only being arable this time around but supports the production of Cannabis sativa (Cannabinaceae). Just like the land is good for the cultivation of cocoa.
Re: South-west Has Largest Cannabis Farms – NDLEA by Nobody: 9:00am On Jul 28, 2013
geeez:
You're right

The SW has the largest expanse of arable land and farms after the middle belt

So if only 5% of the SW farms are used to cultivate the contraband, it would still be higher than many other zones where 10-15% of farms are used
is this nonsense really necessary?....

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Re: South-west Has Largest Cannabis Farms – NDLEA by ujchief(m): 12:33pm On Jul 28, 2013
Tolexander: who are you refering to?
Come out straight!

I'm referring to the boss of NDLEA and not the minister of Agriculturegringrin

Btw, I'm straight! As straight as a happy joystick (seun, 2012)

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Re: South-west Has Largest Cannabis Farms – NDLEA by Tolexander: 2:31pm On Jul 28, 2013
ujchief:

I'm referring to the boss of NDLEA and not the minister of Agriculturegringrin

Btw, I'm straight! As straight as a happy dckkk (seun, 2012)
seun said that?

Continue to be straight like the happiest d1ck.
Re: South-west Has Largest Cannabis Farms – NDLEA by manny4life(m): 2:36pm On Jul 28, 2013
Lol at the justification of home grown narcotics, yet people are on here trying to sell it as "arable lands"...shioor

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Re: South-west Has Largest Cannabis Farms – NDLEA by Nobody: 4:01pm On Jul 28, 2013
ujchief:

Btw, I'm straight! As straight as a happy dckkk (seun, 2012)


Oga please clarify what you mean by this one grin

Seun said that
Re: South-west Has Largest Cannabis Farms – NDLEA by backtosender: 6:21pm On Jul 28, 2013
They love getting high especially in ekiti state....

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Re: South-west Has Largest Cannabis Farms – NDLEA by ujchief(m): 6:58pm On Jul 28, 2013
nnenna.1:



Seun said that

Tolexander: seun said that?


Yes he did! Although he replaced the 'dckk' word with 'joystick'.

Btw, why are you guys surprised he said that? He's just as human as you and I; not a stereo-typed computer geek with zero social life.

Now, back to the cannabis; we need to rename the weed from 'igbo' to 'yoruba', what do you think??gringrin

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Re: South-west Has Largest Cannabis Farms – NDLEA by Tolexander: 6:59pm On Jul 28, 2013
ujchief:



Yes he did! Although he replaced the 'dckk' word with 'joystick'.

Btw, why are you guys surprised he said that? He's just as human as you and I; not a stereo-typed computer geek with zero social life.

Now, back to the cannabis; we need to rename the weed from 'igbo' to 'yoruba', what do you think??gringrin
not surprised cos he said so but only suprised how he always censor the word.

Na yoruba dey cultivate am, na igbo dey take am, hence the name!

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Re: South-west Has Largest Cannabis Farms – NDLEA by ujchief(m): 7:13pm On Jul 28, 2013
Tolexander: not surprised cos he said so but only suprised how he always censor the word.
!

Well, according to him, he doesn't enjoy the censorship either; he's doing it more like an obligation.

Tolexander:
Na yoruba dey cultivate am, na igbo dey take am, hence the name!

Nice observation. The NDLEA boss showed statistics to back-up his claim; do you have any to back-up yours? I'm just saying since we are acting on evidence at hand, we can as well do the renaming based on available data.

Don't you think so?

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Re: South-west Has Largest Cannabis Farms – NDLEA by ujchief(m): 7:18pm On Jul 28, 2013
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Re: South-west Has Largest Cannabis Farms – NDLEA by OAM4J: 7:23pm On Jul 28, 2013
... From a locked duplicate thread:

Jakumo: If marijuana cultivation is simply legalized in Nigeria, as has been done in many states in the USA, enormous revenue will accrue to government coffers, if the harvest is taxed just as is being done in California, Oregon and Wahington states right now.

Former American President Bill Clinton, and current President Barak Obama, both smoked marijuana COPIOUSLY in their youth, before rising to the pinnacle of political power as two of America's greatest leaders.

Obviously there has been a lot of mis-information about weed, but the fact remains that there has never been ONE single human death that has been attributed to marijuana overdose, throughout recorded history. The same cannot be said for alcohol, which annaully kills THOUSANDS of drinkers worldwide from liver cirrosis, overdose toxicity and a host of other medcial consequences incurred by excessive consumption of alcohol.

Legalize it, yeah, and tax it.

zameen:
What of its effect on the brain, the psychotic illnesses result from the use of Marijuana?

Jakumo:

It is true studies do prove that marijuana OR ALCOHOL useage could have negative consequences for individuals already prone to mental illness, Zameen, but for every unstable person who was pushed over the edge from smoking weed, there are just thousands of alcohol addicts who succumbed to liver cirrosis or alcohol poisoning, innocent family members killed as collateral damage in car wrecks caused by drunk drivers, and numerous victims of violent acts carried out by drunk people.

The negative medical consequences that exist for users of marijuana pale in comparison to the MASS DEATH caused YEARLY by alcoholics drinking themselves to death slowly or quickly, while also killing others through felony aggression or traffic accidents, while drunk. Conversely in North America and Europe today, medical patients suffering from myriad ailments ranging from cancer and diabetes to arthritis owe their very lives to the LEGALLY prescribed marijuana that they consume to alleviate otherwise overpowering symptoms of their conditions.

Show me one person on planet Earth who can produce a medical doctor's prescription card for whisky, wine or gin, and I will show you a liar, or at best a forger with a sense of humor. On the other side of the coin, medically prescribed marijuana today keeps alive tens of thousands of Americans, such that industrialized cultivation of the crop now generates multi-million dollar fortunes from which state governments reap huge tax dividends.

If there is a need to ban another widely used poison, as the price of legalizing marijuana, then let CIGARETTES and ALL nicotine-containing substances be outlawed, with TEN YEARS HARD LABOR for any person found smoking a cigarette in public. Yes sir. Ban the sale, possession and growing of tobbacco, and the world will be a FAR healthier place than it is now. Unike alcohol that can have token health benefits in MODERATE does, the medical or medicinal benefits of cigarettes are absolutely ZERO, and any society that declares tobacco use ILLEGAL would save billions of dollars in health-care costs, by eliminating that major killer of cigarette addicts worldwide.

Legalize it Johnny B. Goode, and let dem taaaax it
Legalize it, Yeaaah, we know Johnny-mon like it.

Legalize it Johniee, so Patience she don't need to hide it.
Legalize it Yeaaah, and ban that Babylon nicotine.



Jakumo: When the cultivation of medicinal marijuana is legalized in Nigeria, a good many of the finger-pointers today heaping scorn on South West Nigeria will join the stampede of emergency farmers seeking arable land in Yoruba land, in the hopes of exploting the lucrative market in Ekiti Golden Bud, Ondo Haze, Abeokuta Train-Wreck, Lagos Lobotomy, Shomolu Super Skunk, Ajegunle Amnesia, and other soon-to-be legendary brand names of connoisseur-grade marijuana.

In the meantime, watch out for the folks who are most vocal in their condemnation of marijuana as a medicinal or recreational drug, for a good many of them do secretly fire up that wild-wood-weed the minute the coast is clear, even as they chastise other users in public discussions. Y'all ain't foolin' nobody ha ha ha.


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Re: South-west Has Largest Cannabis Farms – NDLEA by andresia(m): 10:49pm On Jul 28, 2013
Thanks oam4j! Howvr, pls note carefully those people and reason why you need to always ban dem. Dem are smokn marjuana too much man! And in the end, they attack nlders and my ethnic group wthout provocation
Re: South-west Has Largest Cannabis Farms – NDLEA by Nobody: 10:58pm On Jul 28, 2013
Wonder why all this justification was absent when NL frontpaged that story of an Igbo guy in Indonesia who was sentenced to death for carrying Kilos of Marijuana.

Nonsense.

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Re: South-west Has Largest Cannabis Farms – NDLEA by Jakumo(m): 7:02am On Jul 29, 2013
My thanks go out to our moderator OAM4J, for helping to transfer my posts from that duplicate thread.

There is a lot of hysteria in Nigeria about marijuana, and my intent was to show that there really is very little scentific basis for all that hyperventilation, since in other parts of the world, the medicinal BENEFITS of marijuana are now being exploited, leading to wide-spread legalization of the once-feared weed, in the United States, and, to a lesser extent, in Europe.

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Re: South-west Has Largest Cannabis Farms – NDLEA by Nobody: 7:04am On Jul 29, 2013
This fairly explains the large presence of ganja motivated professors from that side.

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Re: South-west Has Largest Cannabis Farms – NDLEA by Jakumo(m): 7:11am On Jul 29, 2013
Okoro2015: This fairly explains the large presence of ganja motivated professors from that side.

So, are you one of those weed-inspired professors ?

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Re: South-west Has Largest Cannabis Farms – NDLEA by Standing5(m): 8:52am On Jul 29, 2013
All thanks to the open minded locals who welcome all kinds of visitors.

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Re: South-west Has Largest Cannabis Farms – NDLEA by TechyGuy: 8:58am On Jul 29, 2013
No wonder ACN and CPC folks behave the way they do. grin grin - just kidding.

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Re: South-west Has Largest Cannabis Farms – NDLEA by PointB: 9:09am On Jul 29, 2013
Lol,

A region of weed cultivators users, no wonder they are aptly termed - rascals! grin grin grin grin

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