NDLEA destroys 43-hectare cannabis plantation in Oyo State
Nigeria's drug agency destroyed a 43-hectare cannabis plantation at the Seriki Gambari Forest Reserve in Oyo State on 18 June 2015, a week after clearing 24 hectares in the same reserve. The state commander warned the crop could extend over 2,000 hectares of the forest.
🇳🇬 Seriki Gambari Forest Reserve, Oluyole, Oyo State · Nigeria
Nigeria’s National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) destroyed a 43-hectare cannabis plantation at the Seriki Gambari Forest Reserve in Oluyole Local Government Area of Oyo State on Thursday 18 June 2015.[1]The state commander, Mrs Faboyede Omolade, announced the exercise to journalists at the reserve.[1]Operatives came from the NDLEA, the Nigeria Police, the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, the Department of State Security Services and the Oyo State Ministry of Natural Resources and Forest Reserve.[1]
A second clearance in a week
The agency had raided the same forest reserve on 11 June and destroyed 24 hectares of cannabis plantation.[1]“We were here last week and it is shocking to discover another 43 hectares of cannabis and from what we are looking at, it can extend to about 2,000 hectares,” Omolade said.[1]She urged the state government to bring in investors to farm the land for legitimate agriculture, saying occupation of the 11,000-hectare reserve would deny planters the forest and give youths employment.[1]The command said it would keep strategising and hoped for help from foreign partners.[1]
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