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NDLEA, Jigawa govt team up against drug abuse

•50 drug barons arrested

From SHEHU EL-HAFIZ, Dutse

THE National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has rated the North West geo political zone as having the highest case of drug addicts in the country.

The Jigawa state commandant of the Agency, Alhaji .Muhammed Misba'u Idris made the revelation at the flag off of a national awareness campaign for the prevention of illicit cultivation, drug abuse and trafficking which is an extension of the north-west zone campaign held at Kano .

In a breakdown of the figures, Misba'u said the North West recorded
averred that the revelation was part of the agency's report listing the north west with a statistics of 755 drug abusers which is 37.47 percent of drug victims while the South-West has a total of 347drug abusers which is about 17.32 percent and South-East is being rated third with 263 estimated at 13.5 percent.

Others are North-Central with a total of 236 representing 11.71 percent while North-East zone has a total of 172 which is almost 8.54 percent of drug abusers in the country.

The commandant announced that” the agency has succeeded in clamping down 50 drug barons, seized over one tonnes of different illicit drugs mainly cannabis sativa (Indian hemps) while drug peddlers were sentenced to one or five years imprisonment.'’