NDLEA destroys 10.2 hectares of cannabis at Emu-Obiogo
Nigeria's NDLEA Delta State Command destroyed 10.2 hectares of cannabis farmland at Emu-Obiogo in Ndokwa West on 15 August 2025, one of three clearances that together totalled 36.2 hectares in operations the command later summarised in September 2026. No arrests were reported for this farm.
At a press briefing in Ogwashi-Uku on 15 September 2026, Delta State NDLEA Commander Halilu
Hamidi said his command had destroyed cannabis farms totalling 36.2 hectares in three
operations since July 2025.[1][2]
Hamidi said 10.2 hectares were cleared at Emu-Obiogo village in Ndokwa West local government
area on 15 August 2025.[1][2]Tmy Newspaper, reporting the same briefing, placed the
destruction among intelligence-led efforts to stop Delta becoming a cultivation and transit
hub.[2]
Neither account names anyone arrested at Emu-Obiogo or describes how the crop was destroyed.[1][2]The command’s September 2026 figures also included separate farms at Obiaruku and
Orogun in May 2026, covered in other reports.[1]
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Commander Halilu Hamidi disclosed the Emu-Obiogo clearance at a September 2026 briefing covering July 2025 to September 2026; neither account names suspects or describes the destruction method.
Separate reports cover the 11-hectare Obiaruku raid on 10 May 2026 and the 15-hectare Orogun raid on 12 May 2026 from the same briefing totals.
Coordinates mark Ndokwa West local government area; the forest farm was not mapped precisely.
The NDLEA's Nasarawa State command destroyed cannabis farms of about 1.5 hectares each in Awe and Kokona Local Government Areas, its new commander CN Saidu Daniel said at Government House, Lafia. Governor Abdullahi Sule told the agency to search out and destroy cannabis farms on ungoverned land in the state.
NDLEA and soldiers destroyed a cannabis plantation covering 1.646 hectares at Eko Camp, near Illushi, Edo, on 28 October 2026. The agency estimated a potential yield of 4,115.53 kg and reported arresting a 50-year-old woman with 301 kg of processed cannabis.
State CID operatives on anti-crime patrol arrested Aondaver Dominic, Sylvanus Umoor and Peter Tar at Sabongida Bature and Gidan Kparev villages in Kadarko, Keana LGA, on 22 October 2026, recovering dry and fresh leaves suspected to be Indian hemp. A search of a garden behind the suspects' residence found more cannabis allegedly under cultivation; all exhibits were secured for NDLEA handover.
The NDLEA destroyed two cannabis farms in Ugbada Forest, Uzebba, on 18 October 2026, burning 450 kg of processed cannabis and keeping 97 kg as exhibits. A 42-year-old woman was arrested nearby with 35 kg.
