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‘You’re After Us Because Your House Is A Drug Den,’ NDLEA Hits Back At Kwara Senator

* Says lawmaker’s allegation of corruption against agency mere vendetta

by Ejike Ejike
9 months ago
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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has said that it severally raided the personal house of the Senator representing Kwara South, Arc. Lola Ashiru, being a drug joint for illicit drug dealers and users in Ilorin, Kwara State, hence the recent alleged attack on its image by the lawmaker.

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The NDLEA said the allegations of compromise and corruption against it by Senator Ashiru were borne out of vendetta and malice rather than based on any altruistic motive or national interest.

The anti-narcotic agency said it was, therefore, left with no option but to come out to set the record straight for the benefit of other distinguished members of the Senate, its local and international partners as well as the public following the failure of the lawmaker after one week to clarify his position on a weighty allegation made against the anti-narcotic agency.

The NDLEA stated this at its national headquarters in Abuja on Monday
at a press briefing addressed by its Spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, to respond to a statement credited to Senator Ashiru where the latter said: “the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency is corrupt and compromised…”.

Babafemi said, “The NDLEA is compelled to call this press briefing today because of an unfortunate development earlier last week during plenary in the Nigerian Senate when some uncomplimentary, unfounded, defamatory remarks were made against the agency.

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While acknowledging the work of the Senate towards the uplift of Nigeria and Nigerians, especially their support for the ongoing concerted efforts towards the amendment of the NDLEA Act, the agency, however, said it was “duty-bound to respond to the unprovoked attack against it by Senator Ashiru during his contribution to the debate on a new Bill for an Act to establish the National Institute for Drug Awareness and Rehabilitation on Tuesday, October 15, 2024.

“There is no doubt that setting up another agency is within the power of the Senate and if we are invited to contribute to the debate, we will be willing to offer our opinion. While we cannot fault the power of the Senate on that, yet, for a member of the upper chamber to have made such an unfounded and unwarranted categorical statement against the agency led us to look inward to see what could have been responsible for such a carpeting general statement.”

Babafemi further stated in ascertaining the motive behind the lawmaker’s allegation, “What we found was shocking, and we concluded that his statement came from a place of vendetta and certainly not out of public interest or any altruistic motive.

“The personal house of the Senator in GRA Ilorin, the capital of Kwara State, had been raided in recent past, where drugs and illicit substances were recovered while two of his aides: Ibrahim Mohammed and Muhammed Yahaya were arrested.

“Based on credible intelligence and surveillance which confirmed that the Senator’s house was being used as a drug joint for drug dealers and users, the house was raided by our operatives at 1:30pm on February 4, 2024 during which the two aides were arrested, while a third suspect escaped arrest.

“In another encounter with the senator, the Agency also received intelligence that some of his boys popularly known as ‘Omo Senator’ operating from his home town, Offa, were equally dealing in illicit drugs. A raid was subsequently carried out on their joint in Offa where one of them, Oluwatosin Odepidan was arrested and illicit drugs such as methamphetamine and cannabis recovered from him on June 11, 2023.

“The bid to get the agency drop the case against Odepidan including a visit to the Kwara State Command headquarters of the Agency in Ilorin by the personal assistant to the Senator, one Omoluabi, was rebuffed as Odepidan was promptly charged to court and prosecuted. Though the culprit jumped court bail in 2023, he was rearrested in 2024 after the court issued a bench warrant for his arrest. He was eventually convicted and sentenced in June 2024,” the NDLEA said.

The agency added that going by this backstory, “it is deductible that these encounters that the agency has had with the senator, must have been responsible for his outburst, and unfortunately, false allegation, the type that nobody within and outside of government has ever levelled against NDLEA before.”

The NDLEA maintained that despite the impression being created by the lawmaker about its image, the NDLEA has continued to receive accolades from local and international bodies for its successes in the fight against substance abuse and illicit drug trafficking.


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