Maiduguri – The Borno command of the Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said it arrested 19 Internally Displaced Persons(IDPs) for alleged drug abuse and sale in camps.

The Commandant of the NDLEA, Mr Ona Ogilegwu, a lawyer, stated this in an interview in Maiduguri.

He said the suspects were arrested on 1 February this year during a raid by men of the command.

Ogilegwu said the suspects were nabbed in Bakkasi and Mogolis IDPs camps in the Maiduguri metropolis.

He said that illicit substances like cannabis sativa, rophenol, and diazepam, benylin with codeine, suck and Die solution and several other substances, were seized from them.

“You will recall that the command had embarked a massive sensitisation campaign in almost all the IDPs camps here in Maiduguri in December, because of the growing increase of drug abuse among IDPs,” he said.

He said the command had visited Dalori camp, Bakassi, Teachers village, Mogolis and Dikwa IDPs camps in the state capital to warn them against the dangers of illicit drug use.

” After we warned them, they still didn’t listen. So we decided to use our powers to fish them out.

“It will interest you to know that none of the camps in the state capital is free from the nefarious drug activities. Allowing these activities to go unchecked will spell doom to the society”, he said.

Those arrested with large quantity of drugs would be prosecuted while the ones with a negligible quantity would be counselled and released, Ogilegwu added.

pedo360:
Why dem go arrest them for codine. Leave them make they flex life small. Dem need turnup

When a user takes an excess dose of codeine, he is subject to loss of consciousness, respiratory collapse and/or cardiac arrest. The resulting decrease in oxygenated blood to various organ systems could be quite devastating. Without enough oxygen, tissue in the brain and heart can die, leading to permanent organ damage or even death.

BUTCHCASSIDY:
These IDPs don suffer
Starved, malnourished, then you get bombed by your country, your women and girls are taken advantage of and when you want to use drugs to forget your sorrows you get arrested for it.

Daddybright1986:
Y Muslims take all sort of drugs, but call people who drink alcohol infidels an kafiri..........still yet to understand

Keneking:
What of Nyaope? That brand is hotter and smoother to the vocal chords

Daddybright1986:
Y Muslims take all sort of drugs, but call people who drink alcohol infidels an kafiri..........still yet to understand