Three hectares of cannabis farms destroyed in two Nasarawa council areas
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.
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The Nasarawa State command of Nigeria’s National Drug Law Enforcement Agency
(NDLEA) destroyed cannabis farms in Awe and Kokona Local Government Areas, the
command’s new head said on 3 November 2026.[1]The commander, CN Saidu Daniel,
put each farm at about 1.5 hectares, giving roughly three hectares in all across
the two areas.[1]Daniel said the farms were destroyed because the growers
would not be allowed to harvest, saying the crop would otherwise reach the
market.[2]
Nasarawa State Governor Abdullahi Sule directed the agency to search out and
destroy cannabis farms on the stretches of ungoverned land in parts of the
state, where he said people set up farms deep in the forests.[1]At the same
meeting Sule urged the agency to identify and destroy more illegal farms so that
cannabis is not cultivated and distributed in the state.[2]The mandate was
given during Daniel’s familiarisation visit to Government House in Lafia, the
state capital, where he asked the state to help set up a rehabilitation centre
for drug and alcohol users in the city.[1]Daniel thanked the governor for
land given to the agency at Azuba, where it destroys seized drugs and other
exhibits.[3]
Sule backed the awareness campaign against drug abuse among children and the
proposed rehabilitation centre, and asked Daniel to submit a detailed proposal
for the centre.[3]
Daniel asked the state government to back a rehabilitation centre for drug and
alcohol users in Lafia.[3]
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No date is given for the destruction of the Awe and Kokona farms; the commander described it as recent at the 3 November 2026 meeting, which is used as the incident date.
The two farms are given as about 1.5 hectares each with no exact measurement, and the three hectares in the figures is that stated size added for the two areas.
No count of plants, weight, value, arrests or cultivation charges was reported for either farm.
The article does not name the villages or forest sites within Awe and Kokona where the farms were found.
Punch calls the meeting Monday, while NAN-based accounts call it Tuesday; the accounts disagree on the exact day.
The report uses Lafia, the Government House meeting place, as the location, though the destroyed farms lie in Awe and Kokona council areas.
NAN-based accounts describe a second familiarisation visit after an earlier one around 12 October 2026, at which the same two farms had already been mentioned.
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.
Acting on intelligence, Ondo NDLEA raided a cannabis farm in the Okemoro Isinbode camp forest on 17 October, destroying 7,500 kg of skunk on three hectares and arresting five named suspects. Officers also kept 1,281 kg of exhibits, including seeds and fresh stems.
