₦airaland Forum

By Izunna Okafor, Awka

As part of the remarkable strides being recorded in the fight against drug abuse in Anambra State, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has revealed that the clampdown on methamphetamine, locally known as Mkpụrụmmiri, has drastically driven up its market price from N3,500 to N16,500 per gram—making the deadly narcotic increasingly scarce and inaccessible to users and dealers alike.

This development, seen as a major victory in the anti-drug war, was disclosed by the Anambra State Commander of the NDLEA, Commander Onyishi Daniel Ogbonna, during a recent award presentation by the Ultimate Business Women and Farmers Association of Nigeria (UBWFAN) in Awka.

The award, which recognized the Agency’s resilience and efficiency in curbing drug abuse and trafficking, was part of activities marking UBWFAN's third annual National Convention held in the Anambra State capital.

Speaking during the presentation, Commander Ogbonna attributed the skyrocketing price of Mkpụrụmmiri to the successful enforcement operations and sustained efforts by the Agency to dismantle supply chains and arrest offenders across the state and beyond.

“We are going hard on the traffickers and users. That is why the cost of methamphetamine has risen sharply from N3,500 to N16,500. The drug is no longer easily accessible to addicts because of our consistent enforcement drive,” he said.

Commander Ogbonna commended UBWFAN for its initiative and pledged to collaborate with the organization’s over 8,000 members to tackle the menace of drug abuse at the grassroots. According to him, mothers and women play a vital role in molding future generations and influencing behavior patterns in the home and society.

“This Convention with the theme ‘Role of Mothers in Nation’s Security’ is timely and strategic. The pressure is always on the women when children go astray. Men are not always around, but mothers are always at the forefront of parenting. With the right training and awareness, women can be a powerful tool in ending drug abuse,” he stated.

He assured the group of the NDLEA’s willingness to provide support and collaborate with their network to deepen anti-drug campaigns and counseling programs that would positively impact youths across the 21 local government areas of the state.

Earlier in her remarks, the National President of UBWFAN, Hon. Nkiru Nwagbo, said the award was in recognition of the NDLEA’s courageous and relentless fight against illicit drugs in Anambra, which she said had significantly improved the security situation in the state.

While attesting that drug abuse is the bedrock of most crimes and social vices in society, she also testified that since the NDLEA intensified its efforts, the level of drug abuse has drastically reduced while insecurity has also declined across the state.

Hon. Nwagbo explained that the organization’s third annual National Convention, which recently held in Awka, brought together all its local government executives —numbering over 500 women — to interface with service commanders and stakeholders in the state to discuss critical national issues as they affect women, family unit, and the society at large.

She further lauded the synergy between the security agencies in Anambra and the state government, stressing that the united front has yielded impressive results in the fight against criminality.

Nwagbo further reaffirmed the association’s readiness to support the NDLEA’s ongoing efforts and mobilize mothers across communities to act as watchdogs, counselors, and educators in the battle against drug abuse.

By Izunna Okafor, Awka

Stupid drugs, stupid addicts and stupid people who will turn this to a tribal war. You are all mad

Good good make I see where Dem won see 16k buy am

My childhood friend became a casualty of this drug despite all my warnings only to travel home to see my guy in rags and talking to himself

Developers can afford it, after all how much is 16500 in the land of billionaires . After taking mkpurummiri, they come to Nairaland to wail about NNAMDI KANU AND SIMON EKPA

Methamphetamine! What is the literal translation for 'Nkpurummiri'? Google Translate has it as 'fruit-water' but I know it could have a deeper meaning.

The reporter is a suspect.

The system should capture our youths at primary level to warn them about the dangers and effects of taking drugs. As in they should introduce a new subject just to focus on cultisim and drugs

Ndiara !! 🤣

Na wa

Users have to work 5 times harder to get same drug

Knowing how addiction works, they have switch to other alternatives or become more brutal in getting money thru whatever means to get their fix

Lol everything don go up even Weed


Abi Dem want subsidy on drug ni.


And how NDLEA take know the price abi Dem too na user or seller...

I support FG for dis one..this is where federal govt should remove subsidy.. not on petroleum products

OK ,



Princess Faith Chukwuamaka

Drug rehabilitation homes needed. NDLEA should partner more of such homes in its war against hard drug usage.

They know the supply chain. They don't just touch them.

Good job ndlea.

Do same in all the other states

Press am well well

Restaman don't sniff cocaine, a steam we steam 🤯

And me never get ganja and hunger mixed up. Before me steam, me make sure me cook a pot food enuh.

Plate haffi full of a rice and good chicken stew. Caw me nuh wan ambulance fi come pick me up no.

That's great

drug destroys your Future

don't do drugs
leave it for pablo oscobar

My state .MKPỤRỤMMIRI plus HEROBI 🍺 . No wonder ,my people constitute themselves to nuisance here/fight anybody after consumption mixture of their MKPỤRỤMMIRI and HEROBI 🍺..* COMMENTOR MUST NOT SEE THIS THREAD *

No wonder they come online to misbehave. Abusing anyone with contrary opinions.

This is good news, they should apply apply more pressure until they push the price to at least 40K...let me see how addicts will be able to afford it!

TheStranger:
Press am well well

Ndlea lip service
come to total Adesanya at night

it's an open drug market

Good news

I thought people are no more taking this stuff. No wonder the rate of crime is high over there and many people are losing their mind

Mkpuru mirri and cannibalism, bad combination.

Kudos to Anambra people.
You arrest drug dealers.

You don't make them president

I learnt drug addicts has now replaced potash(akanwu sprinkle it with some lil frickles of detergent in place of nkpurummiri.


These deadbeats are always improvising.

Making it inaccessible alone is not enough, there should be rehabilitation of those addicted to it, if not they will enter into the anthills to look for it in desperation

IPOBIDIENTS and MKPỤRỤMMIRI/HEROBI combo .