The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Akwa Ibom State Command has said it seized a total of 165kilograms of hard drugs from 105 youths within a period of four months. Akwa Ibom State commander Obot Bassey disclosed this while speaking about the role of hard drugs in teenage cultism at the panel discussion on […]
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency Akwa Ibom State Command has said it seized a total of 165kilograms of hard drugs from 105 youths within a period of four months.Akwa Ibom State commander Obot Bassey disclosed this while speaking about the role of hard drugs in teenage cultism at the panel discussion on finding solution to teenage cultism: A case study of Uyo High school.
“I resumed here 4months ago, and in 4 months the NDLEA, Akwa Ibom State command has seized 165kilogrammes of hard drugs from 105 youths,” Bassey said. “It could be shocking and very alarming to see that last week, August 6 to be precise, a 26-year-old male was arrested with 1.2031kg of Cocaine worth N25million, the highest seizure in Akwa Ibom state in 18years.
Etiebet represented by Director Quality Assurance in the ministry, Roseline Mfon, thanked the initiators of the programme aimed at finding a lasting solution to teenage cultism and prayed that the menace is exterminated in the school system or at least be reduced to the barest minimum.“The case of Uyo High school has been at the front burrner in the state, and it is quite serious.
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