NDLEA destroys Edo and Adamawa cannabis farms, arrests seven
NDLEA raided cannabis farms at Chigbite and Utese forest in Ovia North-East and Ekudo forest in Uhunmonde, Edo State, arresting six farmers, destroying over 10 hectares and seizing 193 kg; a 75-year-old farmer was arrested at his plantation in Mayo Belwa, Adamawa, with 49 kg recovered.
🇳🇬 Ovia North-East and Uhunmonde, Edo State; Mayo Belwa, Adamawa State · Nigeria
In a statement on Sunday 25 September 2022, NDLEA spokesman Femi Babafemi said
operatives had stormed cannabis farms at Chigbite and Utese forest in Ovia
North-East Local Government Area and Ekudo forest in Uhunmonde Local Government
Area, both in Edo State.[1][2]Six cannabis farmers were arrested on the
farms: David Hanson, Ufuoma Progress, Marvelous Armstrong, Marvelous Efe,
Joshua Abubakar and Elijah Abubakar.[1][2]The agency destroyed over 10
hectares of cannabis plantation and recovered more than 193 kilogrammes of
processed cannabis.[1][2]
The same statement said a 75-year-old grandfather, Usman Bokina Bajama, also
called Clemen, was arrested in the early hours of Tuesday 20 September at
Anguwan Sate, Mararraban Tola, in Mayo Belwa council area of Adamawa State,
where he kept a cannabis plantation from which 49 kilogrammes were recovered.[1][2]
Babafemi said 22 suspects were arrested altogether in operations across seven
states, with 2,536 kilogrammes of cannabis seized and over 10 hectares of
cannabis farms destroyed in Edo and Adamawa.[2]The operations also took in
1,001,387 bottles and capsules of the banned substances Akuskura and tramadol,
which are not cannabis and are excluded from the figures above.[1][2]
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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.
