Why NDLEA burns seized cocaine, other illicit drugs – Malami

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Many Nigerians had condemned NDLEA’s handling of the seized drugs for various reasons, including economic and evidential.

and valued at over N194 billion set off a barrage of criticisms.

Fielding questions from State House correspondents at the end of Wednesday’s Federal Executive Council meeting, Mr Malami said the drugs were burnt to stop them from circulating in the country. Mr Malami, whose ministry plays supervisory roles over the NDLEA, also said Nigeria could not derive economic benefit from the cocaine, or else the government would become a drug peddler.

The AGF said “this government has demonstrated a capacity to do things differently, not only as it relates to the fight against drug abuse.” “This is a government that, even as at last week, has succeeded, by way of establishing an unprecedented track record in having the largest seizure of cocaine of about N194 billion value,” the minister said.

 

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