Police to Kebbi Youths: stop consumption of poisonous leaf

khadijat Saidu, Birnin kebbi

The Kebbi State Police Command has warned youths against consuming poisonous leaf delicacy during marriages and other ceremonies in the state.

The Commissioner of police, Agunbiade Oluyemi-Lasore, gave the warning in a statement signed by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Nafi’u Abubakar, in Birnin Kebbi.

The  statement lamented the high rate at which youths were dying as a result of consumption of the poisonous leaf: (Babbajiji), during marriages and other social ceremonies in the state.

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“The Kebbi State Police Command hereby warns members of the general public to desist from using the poisonous leaf in preparing their delicacy for any gathering in the state.

“Anybody caught would be arrested and prosecuted according to the law,” it added.

Meanwhile the  Babbajiji leaf is suspected to be used by the youths as a form of hard drug, and stimulant but its consumption is capable of causing death.