NDLEA, Monarchs, Partner on Anti-drug War

A traditional ruler in Delta state, Dein of Agbor, His Royal Majesty Benjamin Ikenchuku Gbenoba, has partnered with  the Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Brig Gen Mohamed Buba Marwa (retd.), to end activities of drug cartel in his kingdom.

This was disclosed in a statement issued by the NDLEA Director, Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi.

The statement said: “We’re at the moment deploying our personnel to the local government areas to establish our presence at the grassroots to further our advocacy against substance abuse and enforce the law against those dealing in illicit drugs at that level.

“Towards that, we met with the leadership of ALGON last week to make this process seamless and we welcome the support and partnership with all stakeholders for successful implementation of all our drug supply reduction and drug demand reduction efforts, through a whole of society approach,” the NDLEA boss said in the statement.

In his remarks at the meeting, the monarch said, “We’ve been having some issues with drug dealers in Agbor. We’ve tried to handle it once or twice, but we’d like to at least be able to provide some land to have NDLEA come to Agbor. My main hope is Gen Marwa right here. Everything he touches turns to gold.”