In a three-day operation ending 13 September 2023, NDLEA officers stormed forests at Ijesha Isu-Ekiti in Ikole LGA and set ablaze about 40,000 kg of cannabis plants covering 16 hectares of farmland, the agency said. No arrests in the operation were reported.
🇳🇬 Ijesha Isu-Ekiti, Ikole LGA, Ekiti State · Nigeria
Between Monday 11 and Wednesday 13 September 2023, NDLEA operatives stormed thick forests at Ijesha Isu-Ekiti in the Ikole Local Government Area of Ekiti State, where they destroyed 40 tons (40,000 kg) of cannabis plants covering 16 hectares of farmland.[1][2]
Agency spokesman Femi Babafemi disclosed the operation in a statement issued on Sunday 24 September, part of a weekly roundup in which the agency said it intercepted more than four tons of other illicit drugs across seven states.[1][2]
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