NDLEA secures 59 convictions in Akwa Ibom within a year

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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency in Akwa Ibom State said it secured 59 convictions of drug offenders between July 2022 and May 2023.

Mrs Bassey said that the command, during the period, arrested 239 suspects who engaged in drug trafficking and drug abuse, comprising 197 males and 42 females. “Prosecution of drug dealers, preventive mechanisms of campaign and awareness creation on the consequences of illicit drugs abuse. Mrs Bassey said that prevention was a vital tool against drug abuse, stressing that sensitisation and campaign would be used by the command to reduce drug abuse to the barest minimum from the state.

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