NDLEA arrests Edo Polytechnic girls over drugs

Two Undergraduates of  Edo State Polytechnic identified as Uzen, Babalola Modupe Angel, 19 and Esekhagbe Sonia, 20 were arrested by The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA.

On Thursday 23rd September, they were arrested with 21 wraps of skunk, according to NDLEA’s spokesman, Femi Babafemi in a statement on Sunday.

Babafemi also said another lady, Chioma Okocha, 25, was arrested the following day Friday 24th Sept when she tried to deliver 200 grams of Crack Cocaine to a customer at an eatery in Benin.

“Earlier same day, men of the Irrua Area Command of the Agency working on actionable intelligence evacuated 10 bags of cannabis sativa weighing 135kg in Amahor bush in Igueben area. The exhibits were stored ready for transportation to other parts of the country.

“In the same vein, men of the Okada Area Command in the early hours of Sunday 26th Sept evacuated 2,937 kilograms of cannabis sativa from Utese forest in Ovia North East local government area of Edo state,” he said.

“She had earlier been convicted and sentenced to six months imprisonment on 7th July 2020 following her arrest on 3rd March 2020 with 45kg of cannabis sativa,” he said.

While commending the officers and men of the FCT, MMIA, Edo and Kaduna Commands of the Agency for the raids, arrests and seizures in the past week, NDLEA’s chairman, Buba Marwa urged them not to rest on their oars until the menace of drug trafficking and abuse is reduced to the barest minimum in every part of the country.

Crack cocaine, commonly known simply as crack, and also known as rock, is a free base form of cocaine that can be smoked. Crack offers a short, intense high to smokers. The Manual of Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatment calls it the most addictive form of cocaine. A crack addict is known as a “crackhead”.