The Ilorin Emirate Descendants Progressive Union (IEDPU) has entered into a partnership with the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) to fight drug abuse and trafficking in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital.
The president of IEDPU, Alh Abdulmumini Abdulmalik, disclosed this during an interview with LEADERSHIP in Ilorin.
He added that the union is also working hand in hand with security agencies in the state in the war against drug abuse.
“We in the union are already forming synergy with the NDLEA as well as the Police and the Army to curb the problem of drug abuse in the Ilorin community because the problem is contributing to the insecurity in the state capital.
“We have decentralised IEDPU where branches can be found in every part of the city, and people can make reports whenever they see any anti-social activities being perpetrated within their respective places of abode,” he said.
Abdulmalik said security concerns in Ilorin Emirate are traceable to illegal activities of some land vendors in the community, adding that the union was working tirelessly to mitigate the problem.
“We have been moving around to sensitise community leaders across the emirate, and we have encouraged each community to have a security committee so that they will be giving us information on security situations in their communities.
“Whenever we get information, we get across to the commissioner of Police. I can assure you that both the commissioner of Police and the director of DSS cooperate and collaborate with us. They always acted on every information we supplied to them.
“We are already sensitising the people on the problem of land selling. Apart from lands needed for public use, we have urged our people to stop selling lands. Rather, they should be leasing them out.
“Leasing will reduce the problem of selling a single piece of land to multiple buyers, often leading to chaos and loss of lives.
“We want to urge our people to stop the illegal act of selling a piece of land to multiple people. But anyone who had fallen victim should register their grievances to the community heads for resolution rather than causing chaos”, he said.
