NDLEA destroys 9.5 hectares of cannabis farms in 2023 Osun operations
NDLEA's Osun command said its January to December 2023 operations arrested 252 suspects, secured 57 convictions and destroyed 9.5 hectares of cannabis farms holding 23.759 tonnes of cannabis in Ifedayo and Oriade.
NDLEA Osun State Commander Nnadi Chidi said the command arrested 252
suspects, 214 males and 38 females, and seized1,909.692 kg of illicit drugs
between January and December 2023.[1]
The command secured the convictions of 57 accused persons, sentenced to
between three months and five years in prison, with 47 cases still
pending.[1]
Drug supply reduction efforts led to the discovery and destruction of 9.5
hectares of cannabis farms holding 23.759 tonnes of cannabis sativa in
Ifedayo and Oriade Local Government Areas.[1][2]The command also gave
brief counselling to 79 people who use drugs and ran War Against Drug Abuse
sensitisation in religious houses, schools, motor parks, markets and
workplaces.[1][2]Chidi rejected claims that Osun was the second-highest
cannabis-producing state in the South West, saying the National Bureau of
Statistics 2018 report ranked it fifth for drug use and cultivation.[1]
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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.
