By Deborah Nnamdi
The Ogun State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has destroyed a six-hectare hemp farmland in Alaka village, Ogun State.
The agency’s state commandant, Mr Tijani Rabe, disclosed this at a news conference in Abeokuta, the state capital, on Thursday while presenting the agency’s 2024 scorecard.
According to Rabe, four persons were arrested and are being investigated in connection with the hemp farming.
He said the command also recorded other significant success stories in its efforts to curb the hard drug trade.
He said the command arrested 675 drug offenders with 9.7 tons and 537.81 liters of liquid-base illicit drugs.
He said the command’s special operation, “Operation Closed Gates,” arrested a person with a seizure of 100 bags of hemp weighing 1.3 tons in November.
“Operation Closed Gates was launched as part of our Yuletide initiative and has been a resounding success.
“It targeted drug merchants and syndicates, sealing all entry roads into the state,” he said.
“In the year under review, the command conducted 128 sensitization programs in institutions.“Through these sensitization programs, about 27,648 people were impacted,” he said.
Rabe further said the agency secured 221 convictions and sentences to various terms of imprisonment against drug offenders.
“Many cases are also at various stages of prosecution,” he said.
