NDLEA warns against use of children, for drug business
National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has warned drug dealers to stop using underaged individual in the illicit business, adding that anyone arrested would be punished. The agency, meanwhile, has denied report that its men obtained N600,000 bribe to free a teenage girl arrested for selling drugs in the state. One Courage Nsirimovu on his Facebook page had said NDLEA operatives were demanding N600,000 to grant bail to a 10-year-old suspect, who was arrested selling drugs. But, NDLEA’s Deputy State Commander in charge of Media and Advocacy, Emmanuel Ikechukwu, said the claim that its men took N600,000 to release a 15-year-old girl arrested for selling cannabis was false and baseless. Emmanuel said it was wrong for people to make baseless allegations against its operatives, adding that the 15-year-old girl was undergoing rehabilitation in the command’s facility. He said: “On August 17, 2023, operatives of NDLEA Rivers State Command arrested one Success Nsikan, female, 15 years old,...