Delta State commissioner, others nabbed over cocaine possession

Written by Shehu Abubakar, Abuja & Monday Osayande, Asaba Saturday, 15 October 2011 05:00
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Officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) and operatives of the State Security Services (SSS) have arrested a commissioner with Delta State government over possession of drugs. Some other officials from the state liaison office in Abuja have also been arrested and detained over complicity in the matter. NDLEA Head of Public Affairs, Mr. Mitchel Ofoyeju, confirmed the arrest but insisted that Weekly Trust should reach out to the SSS for further details. He said the agency would not want the identity of the suspects revealed at this stage of the investigation.

Delta State Commissioner for Information, Mr. Chike Ogeah however, told Weekly Trust in his office that an official of the state government attached to the Abuja Liaison Office was arrested by the SSS, allegedly in connection with unlawful possession of cocaine. “One or two elements within the system in Abuja office have been involved in the procurement of official Nigerian passports to non-Delta State indigenes by providing them with the state government letter head papers. I don’t know whether the arrested person is the Abuja liaison officer or some people working under him.”

Ogeah added: “I cannot confirm to you now his level, but I know there is someone who is under arrest he is helping the SSS in their investigations. The issue of using the state official documents to get fake official passport for certain persons, presenting them as Delta state government officials has been on for close to two years.” He claimed that the drug barons are people from across the Niger who travel outside the country and were caught with Nigerian official passports, where it is indicated that they are Delta State government officials. They are not from Delta and are not commissioners as they claim. They just want to bring embarrassment to the state.”

Both the suspected drug-peddler allegedly found with drugs and an official passport identifying him as a serving commissioner with Delta State government and officials of the state liaison office in Abuja as well as a young man accused of introducing the drug suspect to the Liaison Officer are being detained at the FCT Command of NDLEA at Gudu, in Abuja.

Officials at the SSS and Immigrations office in Abuja that refused to be quoted told Weekly Trust that the type of official passports found in custody of the drug baron are reserved for top government officials and holders of such passports enjoy a lot of immunity.




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There is no iota of truth in this story please.If the Daily Trust newspapers or the NDLEA are sure of their facts,they should tell us the name and portfolio of the so called "Commissioner".
At least we all know Baba Suwe is in Custody for alleged drug trafficking,so,give us a name pleaseeeeeeeee or rest your case!!!

Na wao so the hunger in delta state has reach the stage were commissioners now result to cocaine business to survive. Commissioner dey hungry, SAs and PAs dey hungry, wetin go hapen to the rest of us wey nor dey government now. We hear say Uduaghan don keep our 10 billion to take buy judgment, na so we go dey