November 14, 2024
NDLEA

Chairman and Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Buba Marwa says the NDLEA has written a letter to the Chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Abdullahi Adamu, to have access to conduct drugs integrity tests on politicians seeking political offices in the country.

Marwa made the disclosure while fielding questions from newsmen at the 2022 First Quarter Best Performing Commands Awards ceremony held at the NDLEA national headquarters in Abuja on Wednesday.

The NDLEA boss stated that when it is the turn of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and other parties to conduct its party primaries, the anti-drug agency would also write the parties’ national chairmen and request that operatives of NDLEA be allowed to conduct drugs integrity tests on politicians aspiring for political offices.

Marwa added that the drug test is necessary to ensure that politicians vested with important national offices don’t t use budgetary allocations to buy cocaine or Methamphetamine instead of providing needed services for the citizens.

He said: “For politicians, we have long advocated and I take the opportunity again to repeat the advocacy that when they run for public office it demands a lot of responsibility from the person and we need to be certain if he’s a person that is already a drug addict/user who will spend all the money he’s given for public service to consume cocaine and his head will not be in a stable condition to handle the affairs he has been entrusted with.

“For this reason, we have advocated and will continue to advocate that drug test be conducted for politicians; some state governments like Kano State is already doing this.

“Not just politicians, but government appointees, and I’ve just sent a letter this morning to the National Chairman of APC, who will be the first of the national working committee I wish to pay an advocacy visit on this issue.

“I recommended that drug tests be incorporated in the screening process for all those interested in running for public office; we’ll do the same to the PDP and other important parties.”

While addressing officers and men of the agency present at the event, Gen. Marwa said the ceremony “has become part and parcel of our corporate culture”.

He added: “Recognizing and rewarding hard work and excellence has always been a pragmatic way of stimulating productivity and enhancing the attainment of organisational goals; making it a tradition for the Agency is our way of enshrining meritocracy in the system.

“Statistics from the first quarter (Q1) report, indicated that our performance level has not dropped off.

“Indeed, achieving 3, 539 arrests, 677 convictions, and seizures of 65, 916 kg of drugs in three months is no mean feat.

“Little wonder our performance continually earns the Agency deserved accolades from the right quarters within the country as well as from abroad, especially from international partners and peers. While we have not yet achieved the utopia of a drug-free society, the results showed that we are getting it right.”

He told the NDLEA officers that the awards and commendations were expected to challenge them to surpass their current feats at the next awards ceremony.

“The ceremony should be a poignant reminder for us not to forget where we are coming from. And there is no better way to say it other than for us to be mindful of the saying that success has a hundred fathers, but failure is always an orphan.

“No organisation would understand this adage better than NDLEA in the light of our past rock bottom experience.

“Therefore, we should all be mindful that we hold the fate of NDLEA in our hands, and that fate will be determined by our patriotism and dedication to duty, as well as our collective resolve to work towards the attainment of the agency’s mandate.

“Let me also seize this occasion to remind you about the importance of propagating the War Against Drug Abuse (WADA) programme in your various commands. There is much we can achieve when our communities are working hand-in-hand with us. That is why our roadmap, the NDCMP 2021-2025, strongly emphasises collaboration with all the stakeholders in society.

“We have to woo members of society to work with us on this very important assignment. Therefore, I charge you to ensure that WADA is correctly and deeply entrenched in the spheres of operation of your respective commands”, he stated.

Marwa, who stressed that the agency is proud of the officers, said: “The sacrifice of a narcotic officer cannot be quantified in gold or silver, for he is fulfilling a higher calling.

“As we go about our duty of securing our society against the corrosion of illicit drugs, we should be aware that we are the direct beneficiaries of our work because for every kilo of drugs seized, we are making our streets and society safer for our children, family and kinsmen.

“NDLEA is proud of its workforce; the Agency treasures the effort of its officers and men; the management shall continue to look out for their best interest. We shall continue to reward hard work and excellence.

Meanwhile, The National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has marked some properties of suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, in Maiduguri, Borno State capital.

It was gathered from an NDLEA source that the directive came from the narcotics agency headquarters that all properties belong to former Intelligence Response Teams (IRT) should be marked.

Kyari, who hails from Borno, has been in detention since February when he was arrested alongside six others over alleged drug trafficking.

On Monday, NDLEA announced the arrest of a suspected billionaire drug baron, Afam Mallinson Emmanuel Ukatu, allegedly behind the N3 billion tramadol deal involving Kyari.

According to spokesman for the agency, Femi Babafemi, Ukatu was nabbed in Abuja that after months of surveillance and evading of arrest.

On the NDLEA operation involving Kyari in Maiduguri, it was learnt that a massive shopping complex with about 100 shops and other properties believed to be owned by the suspended DCP has been marked for investigation.

“Yes, our men carried out the operation as directed by the headquarters, not only the complex but there are other houses owned by DCP Abba Kyari but if you want more details kindly contact the spokesman of our agency,” an official told correspondent in Maiduguri.

The shopping complex is located along Gombole Road, Giwa Barracks of the town.

“Under Investigation”, was boldly written on the building but business activities were ongoing.

 

 

 

 

 

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