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  • 2019: NDLEA urges leaders to preach against drug abuse

    The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency ( NDLEA ), Gombe State Command, has appealed to the traditional and religious leaders to preach against substance abuse as the 2019 elections draw near.

    Mr Aliyu Adole, the state NDLEA Commander, made the appeal in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Gombe on Tuesday.

    Adole tasked the leaders to sensitize their subjects and congregation to shun violence before, during and after the 2019 general elections.
    He said that there was need to advise youths in the state to shun drug abuse, saying that it was dangerous to their health.

    “We need the traditional and religious leaders seriously, especially as we are in the political period; we want peaceful polls in the state and the country at large,” Adole said.
    According to him, some youths get out of control when they take drugs; religious leaders need to convince them that what they are taking is bad.

    Adole also solicited the support of the elders and parents in the communities to speak out on the dangers of substance abuse.
    “So, everybody in the community should come out to assist the NDLEA to educate youths in Gombe State to get out of drug abuse,” the state NDLEA commander said.

    He advised politicians in the state to control their supporters, especially youths to engage in peaceful campaigns and elections in the state and the country at large.

  • Indian Hemp cultivation: Gombe NDLEA to monitor farmlands

    The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency ( NDLEA ), Gombe State Command, says it will strictly monitor farmlands in the state this farming season to ensure that no farmer cultivates Indian Hemp.

    Mr Aliyu Adole, Commander of the agency in Gombe, stated this in an interview with the newsmen in Gombe on Thursday.

    He said the measure was necessary because last year, 14 persons were caught engaging in the practice and were presently serving various terms in prison.

    Adole said that eight of those arrested came from Kulani village of Balanga while the remaining six were from Shongom Local Government Area of the state.

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    He advised farmers in the state to resist any temptation that would make them cultivate Cannabis Sativa ( Indian hemp ) during the 2018 faming season.

    “Anybody caught engaging in the act will face the wrath of the law; my advice to people, especially those in the rural areas who are engaged in the act, is that they should stop.

    “They should desist from planting weeds, and instead, cultivate what will benefit the entire society,” he warned.

    NAN

  • NDLEA arrests 25, seizes 122kg of banned drugs

    The National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency ( NDLEA ) has arrested 25 suspects and seized 122.78kg of banned drugs in Gombe since January.

    The state Commandant of the NDLEA, Mr Aliyu Adole, made the disclosure in an interview with the News men in Gombe on Monday.

    He said that the agency convicted 20 of the suspects and sentenced them to various prison terms, while five were still in custody.

    “Within this period, we removed 122.78kg drugs from circulation.

    “In March alone, we recovered 92.39kg compared with February when we had 543g,” he said.

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    Adole called on all stakeholders to join in the fight against drug abuse.

    He also called on parents and guardians to advise their children and wards to desist from forming gangs and joining thugs which, he said, encouraged drug abuse.

    “I am advising you to talk to your children. If you do not talk to them, somebody outside the family will talk to them and it will be dangerous.

    “Politicians have their children in high institutions of learning; if you allow your children to follow bad politicians, you will be the losers,” he said.

    NAN

  • Hemp plantation: NDLEA arrests 9 suspects in Gombe

    Hemp plantation: NDLEA arrests 9 suspects in Gombe

    National Drug Law Enforcement Agency ( NDLEA ) has arrested nine suspects in connection with a suspected Indian Hemp plantation in Kulani village in Balanga Local Government Area of Gombe State.

    The NDLEA Commander in the state, Mr Aliyu Adole, disclosed  an interview in Gombe on Tuesday.

    Adole said the suspects reside in the village where the plantation, capable of producing large quantity of the hemp, was uncovered.

    He added that “the suspects have Indian hemp plantation capable of producing large quantity of the weed.

    “It is unfortunate that our youths are engaged in hemp farming instead of food or cash crops production.”

    Adole said the suspects were not selling the weed in the state alone, but were exporting part of it to neighbouring states of Adamawa and Taraba.

    The commander said the suspects would be prosecuted after investigation.

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    He explained that the command was looking at the possibility of establishing an area command in Tallase, headquarter of Balanga Local Government Area, to curb activities of farmers who engaged in Indian hemp cultivation.

    “We want to establish an office at the local government headquarters so that we will be able to monitor the activities of criminals who engaged in cultivation of the weed.

    “But our major constraint has to do with work force: we cannot perform effectively without adequate manpower, which is lacking at present.

    “Once the rainy season starts, you begin to see farms where the weed is planted: we do not want to give people the chance to engage in such illegal activity.”

    Adole appealed to government at all levels to assist the agency with logistics to enable its operatives to penetrate difficult terrain in the state.

    He warned people who were into hard drug business to stop or be made to face the consequences.

    NAN

  • NOA boss expresses concern over drug abuse among youths

    NOA boss expresses concern over drug abuse among youths

    Alhaji Mato Yakubu, State Director, National Orientation Agency ( NOA ) has decried the high level of indiscipline and drug abuse among youths, especially secondary school students.

    Yakubu expressed his concern during a sensitisation programme on drug abuse among primary school and secondary school students organised at Central Primary School Gombe on Tuesday.

    He said that the agency embarked on the exercise because of the menace of drug abuse and addiction among the youths in the state.

    Yakubu noted that youths were an important segment of society describing them as leaders of tomorrow.

    He advised the youths to shun people with questionable character, avoid all forms of social vices and be at peace with one another.

    The state director said youths should be disciplined, skilled and self-reliant so as to reduce over-dependence on parents and government.

    Also, the state Commandant, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency ( NDLEA ), Aliyu Adole said the abuse of drugs had negative effects on the brain and other systems of the body.

    Adole, who was represented by Mohammed Alkali, an officer in the agency, said that students were not supposed to be exposed to hard drugs because it could damage their brains.

    He advised them not accept substances from politicians to commit any crime.

    The commandant also advised students to make sure that they kept good friends and stopped associating with bad friends.

    Alhaji Abdulkadir Abubakar, the Senior District Head of Gombe, also advised students to focus on their studies and develop interest in positive things that would be of benefit to them in future.

    NOA had organised the programme at Community Secondary School, Dukku; Central Primary School, Dukku; and Government Comprehensive, Bojude, Hassan, among others.

    NAN