NDLEA destroys 31,250 kg of cannabis in Osun forest raid and arrests 17
On 26 July 2024 NDLEA operatives raided Owena forest in Oriade LGA, Osun State, destroying 31,250 kg of cannabis on 12.5 hectares of farmland and recovering 84 kg of processed cannabis and a Dane gun. Seventeen suspects were arrested, the agency said in its 28 July statement.
On Friday 26 July 2024, operatives of Nigeria’s National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA)
raided Owena forest in Oriade Local Government Area of Osun State, where they destroyed
31,250 kilogrammes of cannabis growing on 12.5 hectares of farmland.[1][2]Officers also
recovered 84 kilogrammes of processed cannabis sativa and a single-barrel Dane gun.[1][2]
Seventeen suspects were arrested in the raid. NDLEA spokesman Femi Babafemi named them as
Peter Osuya, 51, Zebron Ode, 46, Dogo Reuben Matthew, 35, Isaac Terna, Joseph David Lawrence,
27, Ugochukwu Victory, 24, Olamilekan Abolarin, 26, Dele Ayibo, 44, Ojo Moses, 21, Nini Ayila,
27, Msughve Clement, 23, Chuks Ogeneku, 40, Dada Aribo, 20, Uche Endurance, 30, Patrick Agba,
21, Osakwe Kennedy, 45, and Ojo Babatunde, 29.[1][2]Babafemi disclosed the operation in an
agency statement issued on Sunday 28 July.[1][2]The reports name no charges or court outcome
for the seventeen.[1][2]
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