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The Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa, rtd, has called on traditional rulers and community leaders to thoroughly vet persons seeking to acquire farmlands in rural communities.
Marwa said the move is necessary to prevent drug cartels from establishing clandestine laboratories in remote areas.
Recall that in May, the NDLEA dismantled a methamphetamine laboratory estimated at N480bn, operated by a Nigerian-Mexican in Abidagba Forest, Ijebu East Local Government Area of Ogun State.
Marwa said traditional institutions remain the closest authority to the grassroots and must leverage their influence to fight drug abuse. He made the call on Saturday during the 10th Akinale Day celebration and the first coronation anniversary of the Towulade of Owu Akinale, Oba Oluseyi Adeniran, held at Baptist Primary School, Owu Akinale, Ewekoro Local…
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