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96 Arrested For Drug Offences In Akwa Ibom
URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v04/n948/a03.html
Newshawk: Herb
Pubdate: Fri, 02 Jul 2004
Source: This Day (Nigeria)
Copyright: 2004 This Day.
Contact: thisday@nova.net.ng
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Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/2870
Author: Efem Nkanga
96 ARRESTED FOR DRUG OFFENCES IN AKWA IBOM
Uyo
The State Commander of the Akwa Ibom Command of the National Drug Law
Enforcement Agency ( ND-LEA ), Mrs Florence Dan Archibong, has said that
the command arrested 96 persons involved in various drug offences since
its establishment in the State a year ago.
Mrs. Archibong, who disclosed this at this year's United Nations
International Day Celebration Against Drug Abuse and Illicit
Trafficking, said of the number of the arrested suspects, nine were
females while 87 were males .
The command, she said, also seized cannabis, weighing 120 kilogrammes,
12 grammes of cocaine and one gramme of heroine from the suspects.
Mrs Archibong stated that the NDLEA was set up by the Federal Government
to check the activities of drug traffickers and abusers, who undermine
government's de-velopmental efforts through corruption and acts of
terrorism.
The state commander also said that the NDLEA has established drug-free
clubs in post primary schools in the state and called on the people to
join the agency to renew their commitment to "protect our citizens
and institutions of government and society from drug abuse and
trafficking".
Thirty drug-dependent persons, she said, were under intensive
counselling, stressing that "the task is not only for the NDLEA,
but also for parents, teachers, religious leaders, traditional rulers,
NGOs, associations, market/traders' unions, as well as other government
agencies".
The Akwa Ibom State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Edet Atti, at the
occasion, also called for the involvement of all stakeholders in the
society in the treatment and rehabilitation of drug addicts. He
gave some of the commonly abused drugs to include cannabis, alcohol and
heroine, calling on Nigerians to be their brother's keeper by reporting
cases of drug abuse to the appropriate quarters.
The commissioner who was represented by the Director of Pharmaceutical
Services in his ministry, Dr. S.A. Unah, expressed surprise
at the way young presons were today involved in drug abuse.
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