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Nigeria: Cannabis Biggest Drug Challenge in Africa - Giade

All Africa

Tuesday 15 Jan 2008

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The Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Ahmadu
Giade said at the weekend that Cannabis otherwise known as Indian hemp
is the biggest drug challenge in the country and the African continent.

Giade made the declaration when the Agency publicly destroyed a total of
101,652.24 kilogrammes of narcotics which is about 102 metric tonnes in
Anambra, Delta and Edo States .

Edo State Command where 75,896 kilogrammes of hard drugs were destroyed
has the largest quantity. This is followed by Delta State and Anambra
State Commands where 22,700 kilogrammes and 3,056.24 kilogrammes of
narcotics were set ablaze. The public destruction is part of the
Agency's effort to provide a drug free society for all.

Giade, decried the dangers of hard drugs to humanity and stressed that
the destruction exercises is to spite drug barons and also to
demonstrate the superiority of law enforcement agents over illicit drug
dealers.

According to Giade "the threat of narcotic drugs is palpable. It is
difficult to ignore this peril starring at us in the face. Cannabis
control constitutes the biggest drug challenge in Nigeria and Africa .
This is because it grows effortlessly in the country. This drug has the
propensity to destroy our society but we equally have the capacity to
subdue it".

Governor Peter Obi of Anambra State in his goodwill message said that it
is sad that some indigenes of the State are getting involved in the
illicit drug trade when they are highly respected as good business men
and women.

"Anambra citizen has no business with illicit drugs and I assure you
that the State will partner with the NDLEA to ensure that Anambra State
and by implication the entire country is completely drug free"he said.

Giade pointed out that illegal drug business is a covert affair that
makes drug control a very cumbersome task demanding enormous resources,
training and dexterity. The NDLEA boss said that no drug baron wants his
drugs seized let alone destroyed because they have paid so much to
acquire them.

He revealed that the Edo State Command discovered and destroyed 27
hectares of cannabis farmlands within the last ten months. Similarly, in
2007, seventeen Indian hemp farms covering 9. 43 acres were also
destroyed in communities within Delta State . This according to him is
an indication that cannabis is struggling for space with legitimate food
crops in the States.

He lamented the unhealthy development and promised that urgent measures
will be taken to right the wrong. The NDLEA will continue to do what it
loves doing, which is drug enlightenment campaign, arrest,
investigation, prosecution and public destruction of seized and
forfeited drugs. No effort will be spared in sustaining this feat.

It will be recalled that Edo State Command destroyed 31,000 kilogrammes
of Indian hemp in January 2007. The fact that about 76,000 kilogrammes
of cannabis is being destroyed in barely one year after shows that the
threat of hard drugs is real and must be tackled with all sense of
seriousness.

The events were witnessed by royal fathers, representatives of military
and paramilitary organizations, students and other stakeholders.

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