Crime
NDLEA Nabs Ex Boko Haram Fighter And Community Leader With Drugs (photos)
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have made some significant arrest in tackling the unlawful drugs possession and sale.
NDLEA arrested the Baale of a community that borders both Ondo and Edo State who allegedly own over 38 Hectares of land where Marijuana is planted.
The are others involved in the crimes which the agency arrested but some are still at large.
An ex- boko haram fighter was also aprehended in Oyo state who was in possession of 10kg of Skunk and was taking the consignment concealed in a sack to Maiduguri, Borno state.
In his statement, Madu said he is from Banki town, Borno State and joined the notorious terrorist organisation, in 2006 when he was nine years old.
He said he repented and surrendered to the military in 2021, after which he underwent rehabilitation and de-radicalization processes at Umaru Shehu rehabilitation centre, Maiduguri and Malam Sidi de-radicalization centre, Gombe before he was discharged after spending six months.
Thereafter, he traveled to Ibadan, Oyo state where he worked as commercial motorcycle rider (Okada rider) before going into drug trafficking and his eventual arrest along Abuja-Kaduna express road.
