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Adamawa NDLEA Nabs 296 Offenders, Seizes 3,107.778kg Drugs
The Adamawa State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested 296 drug offenders seizing 3,107.778 kilograms of different illegal drugs from them.
Those arrested comprise 286 males and 11 females.
The State Commander of the NDLEA, Femi Agboalu, disclosed this at a Press briefing to mark the United Nations International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Drug Trafficking, in Monday.
Agboalu said the arrests and seizures were made between June 2021 and May 2022, revealing that the command secured 51 convictions among those arrested.
He said 71 cases were still pending in courts, a feat, he said, earned the Adamawa Command the prize of being the best in terms of convictions of suspects.
The NDLEA commander gave the breakdown of the seized illegal drugs as Cannabis Sativa, 2,702.167 kg; Tramadol, 146.806 kg; Pentazocine, 124.578 kg, and Codeine-based syrup: 61.440 kg.
Others are Diazepam -36.116 kg; Exol -5: 29.676 kg, Phenobarbitone -2.290 kg; Rohypnol -1.473 kg; Methaqualone -0.227 kg, and Cocaine -0.005 kg.
Agboalu said the Command also confiscated 28 rounds of live ammunition, one locally-made pistol and a military Camouflage knicker.
Giving highlights of those arrested, he said a “drug baron behind the ingenious mode of concealment of 2,197 blocks of Cannabis Sativa weighing 2000.6 kg in a motorized concrete mixer truck, intercepted at Girei LGA on December 2nd 2021” was traced and arrested last month, 25th May, at Akure in Ondo State “and is presently in our custody for prosecution”.
He added that a notorious drug baron in Hong Local Government Area of the state was arrested with 57 compressed blocks of Cannabis Sativa, concealed in the boot of his car on the 16th of June, 2022.
“The suspect, Abdullahi Musa a.k.a Yerima Uding was fingered as the mastermind of the mob attack in Hong on 6th October, 2020 that led to the burning and death of an NDLEA operative and another officer was brutally beaten to stupor and had since been bedridden, leading to his permanent incapacitation”, he said.
The Alliance Française Port Harcourt in conjunction with the Embassy of France Nigeria over the weekend joined the globe to campaign against the 2025 gender- based violence (GBV) with the theme: “16 Days of Activism Against Gender- Based Voice”
The event which took place at the event Hall of the Alliance Française Port Harcourt was in collaboration with the Female in Gaming Network, ( FIGN) and partnership with Nexal a body that seeks to promote online safety and responsible digital behaviour.
The Tide reports that the project which was aimed at promoting digital safety and girls inclusion in Gaming, with the initiative tagged ‘Gameover Gender- Base Violence’was part of the global campaign against gender- based Violence.
The activity which experienced a flavour of festivity was full of fun and excitements as participants took part in tournaments on popular digital games such as Mario kart and EAFC 25, with an intent to creating safer and more inclusive digital spaces.
The Director of the Alliance Française Port Harcourt, Mrs Marina Lacal said that these activities were designed to encourage inclusion of girls, team work and fair play on online gaming spaces, saying that the gaming world reflects these inequalities, where female players are often under represented.
According to her the main objectives of the initiative was to provide a supportive environment for girls and female in gaming network.
“GameOverGBV” is a project created to reshape this landscape by offering an innovative inclusiveness of girls on online digital Gaming community and digital environments that provide opportunities for creativity, learning and connection, but also fight against Gender-Based Violence Digital Gaming,”she said
She however, explained that the Digital Game, sport competitions, was launched to strengthen social and digital skills through games, workshops, and raise awareness among all young participants about respect, equality and digital citizenship.
The Tide News reports that in Port Harcourt, the competition brought together 100 young participants from three major universities: University of Port Harcourt, ( UNIPORT),Ignatius Ajuru University of Education(IAUE) and Rivers State University (RSU)as well as students from four selected secondary schools, Oginigba comprehensive Secondary.School, Vine lnternational, Virgo predicanda lnternational, and Excellent Montessori Secondary school.
“This is an approach where girls and boys can learn, play and collaborate in a more respectful and safe space for young women, while ensuring a safe, enjoyable and respectful digital environment. It also expose young women to cyberbullying, exclusion, sexist comments and online hate,” Mrs. Lacal said.
Earlier, a game developer Sophia Nei and her. team had engaged participants in an interactive session with the theme: “Can Video Games Be Safe Spaces For Girls?”
However, Mrs Nei and her team educated the girls on the benefits and violence on online digital gaming and urged them ( participants)to learn to say ‘No’ to Online hate, sexist and cyber bullying, while encouraging them(students) to stand up for themselves by reporting such issues to the appropriate authority.
Highlight of the competition was the awarding of prizes to winners by the Director of Alliance Française, Mrs Marina Lacal.
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