The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Akwa Ibom Command Arrested Three Undergraduates Including Covenant University Student For Selling Drugs.

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Akwa Ibom Command has arrested three undergraduates for trafficking in illicit substances suspects to be banned drugs. The Eket Area Commander of the agency, Mrs Imaette Umoumana, announced this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Eket.Umoumana said the suspects were students of Maritime Academy, Oron, Heritage Polytechnic and Covenant University, all in the state
“We arrested the students at different joints during the holidays and even nursing mothers with babies, who were caught selling substances suspected to be Indian hemp, were also arrested,’’ she said. She said that all the suspects were arrested through “classified informants’’ and routine surveillance of officers and men of the command.
The commander said that the suspects were arrested in Eket, Nsit Ubium and Etinan local government areas of the state, adding that their cases had been transferred to the state headquarters of the agency.
Umoumana also disclosed that two physically-challenged persons were arrested for alleged involvement in trafficking in illicit drug substance in the area. “A physically challenged man was arrested for cultivating Indian hemp farm in his premises at Esit Eket.’’ She, however, expressed regret that some members of the public appeared to be “enemies’’ of the agency by allegedly hampering its operations. According to her, “when we go for an arrest, some communities will gather to fight us. Instead of appreciating our effort, they will come out and accuse us of spoiling their businesses”.
She, therefore, advised communities to assist the agency with useful information that would enable it to perform its functions effectively. (NAN)