NDLEA destroys 39.8 hectares of cannabis farms in Kajola, arrests three
NDLEA officers stormed Kajola forest on 10 March 2023 and destroyed three cannabis farms measuring 39.801546 hectares. Officers arrested the farm owner, who claims to be the Baale of Kajola, with two workers in a hut near the farms.
🇳🇬 Kajola forest, Kajola community, border of Edo and Ondo States · Nigeria
Officers of Nigeria’s National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) stormed
Kajola forest in Kajola community, a border town between Edo and Ondo States,
in the early hours of Friday 10 March 2023.[1][2]
The officers destroyed three cannabis farms measuring 39.801546 hectares.[1][2]The owner of the farms, who claims to be the Baale of Kajola, Akinola
Adebayo, 35, was arrested on the farm at 2.30am.[1][2]Two other suspects
believed to be his workers, Arikuyeri Abdulrahman, 23, and Habibu Ologun, 25,
were also nabbed in a hut near the farms.[1][2]
The agency said the operation was part of ongoing efforts to mop up illicit
drugs across the country ahead of the next round of elections.[1][2]The
statement was issued by NDLEA spokesman Femi Babafemi.[2]
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