NDLEA destroys cannabis plantation worth over N1.5bn in Kogi, arrests suspect - Daily Post Nigeria

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NDLEA destroys cannabis plantation worth over N1.5bn in Kogi, arrests suspect

Speaking on Tuesday evening in Kara forest belonging to the community, the Kogi Commander of the NDLEA, Mr Alfred Adewunmi said through intelligence gathering, his officers discovered an entire community in the Eastern part of the state where cannabis cultivation is their major source of livelihood.

“I tell you that I am really perplexed, and shocked that something as huge and enormous as this can be discovered in Kogi State. “it is a very enormous plantation of Cannabis Sativa. It is not just a farmland. All of you have been in my entourage and we have walked within farms which is over four kilometers and are still within the farm. We started this operation since 10 in the morning.

“We have to muster five times the resources we have deployed today to achieve this great task. Here we have more than 80 officers of NDLEA, NSCDC, and to ensure that this over 40 hectares of cannabis farms land is totally destroyed”, he added. The 29-year-old suspect, Ameh Joseph in an interview with Journalists said he was the owner of a section of the farms stressing that he ventured into cannabis sativa farming as a result of economic hardship.

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Nna no just get sense, something wey naija fit de export

A plant whose export generates hundreds of millions in US $ 4 Zimbabwe, Lesotho,Morocco,Malawi 2day surprisingly gets burned here,whn wl our mediaeval leadership cm 2 terms d medical resource ds plant presents worldwide?Rather prefers burng ds item---Morons lead 🇳🇬

We silly for this country o, we no get sense at allll. Instead of to seize the farm, liaise with the owner and farm it for medical marijuana in America n Europe n invite dem companies who will be very willing to come buy, na to destroy billions of tax 💰. Who do us?

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