On Monday the 4th of July 2022, the Idiroko Borderland Special Area Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) announced that it has seized about 2,460kg of illicit drugs within 12 Months in Ogun.⁣
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This was disclosed by Mrs Archie-Abia Ibinabo, Commander, Idiroko Special Area Command, Ogun, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Idiroko.⁣
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Giving a breakdown of the drugs seized to include 100 kg of tramadol, 2,344 kg of cannabis sativa and 16 kg of protein, all within June 2021 and June 2022, she added that only about eighteen (18) persons had been arrested between May and June 2022, sitting the reopening of the border some two (2) months ago as the reason.⁣
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Further explaining, she said that out of the eighteen (18) suspects arrested ten (10) of the suspects were still under prosecution and seven (7) inclusive of two women had already been sentenced to jail terms.

Appealing to the government of Ogun state, she asked that the government provide mini-rehabilitation centres for victims of drug abuse. According to her, this will enable the command counsel and educate the victims of drug abuse in order to turn them back to profitable citizens of Nigeria.⁣

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