archiveBrig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd)

...ONE UNDERGOES BRAIN SURGERY, OTHERS INJURED Opuje Forest was on Monday, December 4, 2023, in Edo state turned to battlefield as drug barons laid siege on National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), opened fire on them injuring several of them. However, the operatives were said to have repelled them with rain of bullets on the armed hoodlums who blocked all roads in Opuje community, Owan West local government area of Edo state to prevent the anti-narcotic operatives from accessing the forest warehouses where tons of processed psychoactive substances have been...

…TASKS NEW OFFICERS TO MAKE THEIR IMPACT FELT AS 2,500 CADETS GRADUATE FROM ACADEMY Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) has warned that there will be no room for internal sabotage in the renewed war against substance abuse and illicit drug trafficking in the country. Marwa gave the warning in his remarks at the passing out ceremony of additional 2,500 cadets of Senior Officers Basic Course 16 on Thursday, November 30, 2023, at the NDLEA Academy, Jos...

Governor of Borno State, Prof. Babagana Umara Zulum has assured the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) of his commitment to bolstering the current partnership between his government and the anti-narcotics agency to achieve the goal of a drug-free society across all 27 local council areas of the state. Prof. Zulum gave the assurance when he hosted the Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) who was in Borno for a three-day war against drug abuse, WADA, advocacy visit to mobilise relevant stakeholders to take ownership...

…RECOVERS OVER 33 TONS OF PSYCHOACTIVE SUBSTANCES IN EDO, OGUN, OSUN, ADAMAWA, DELTA, FCT Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), have arrested a 45-year-old notorious physically challenged drug dealer, Godwin Emuneyin who uses his wheelchair as cover to deal in illicit substances such as methamphetamine and cannabis in Afuze, headquarters of Owan East local government area of Edo state. The suspect was arrested on Tuesday 7th November at his base in Afuze following credible intelligence. At the time of his arrest, a wooden box used to conceal...

…AS NDLEA BOSS RALLIES LG CHAIRMEN, TRADITIONAL RULERS, OTHERS AGAINST ILLICIT DRUGS IN MAJOR ADVOCACY DRIVE Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) and Governor Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta State have said that for Nigeria to defeat the twin evil of substance abuse and illicit drug trafficking, Nigerians must rise in unison to stamp out the scourge from communities and cities across the country. NDLEA Director, Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, in a statement, said they agreed on this in...

Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (retd) has charged newly trained 2,500 personnel of the Agency to stand firm and reject insidious temptations that would come their way from drug barons and cartels. Speaking at the passing out parade of the newly trained Narcotic Agents and Narcotic Assistants in Katsina on Thursday, 19th October, Marwa reminded the new personnel that they can’t afford to compromise on their work because their efforts will directly impact the safety and well-being of their...

...ARREST TWO FOR INGESTING 175 WRAPS OF HEROIN National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), operatives on patrol along the Okene -Lokoja-Abuja expressway on Tuesday, October 10, 2023, intercepted a commercial bus coming from Lagos to Kano and recovered millions of fake foreign currencies. A search of the bus led to the seizure of Four Million, Eight Hundred and Eighty Thousand US Dollars ($4,880,000), and Fifty-Seven Million Céfa, (CFA57,000,000) suspected to be counterfeits. Also, in its drive to frustrate illicit trafficking, operatives of NDLEA have arrested two wanted heads of transnational...

...INGESTED 100 WRAPS OF COCAINE It was a bumper harvest of arrests by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) as its operatives arrested a 67-year-old trafficker, Chukwuemeka Clement, at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja for ingesting 100 wraps of cocaine. Confessing the crime, the suspect revealed that he engaged in the criminal enterprise to raise enough money to marry a new wife and start life afresh after wasting 30 years of his life in Brazil, Ethiopia, and Thailand. Chukwuemeka was arrested on Tuesday, 3rd October during the...

Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA), Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) has said that the task to keep modern societies safe from the scourge of illicit drugs demands global commitment, even as he assured that Nigeria is doing everything possible to fulfill its own end of the bargain. Marwa stated this weekend while addressing a gathering of academics, students, mental health professionals, and Nigerians in diaspora at the Jayhawk Welcome Centre, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, US where he delivered a lecture on “War...

Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (retd) has said that the agency is planning alternative development strategies that would take drug cartels out of business and protect the environment from the damaging effects of illicit drug cultivation and production. The NDLEA boss stated this while outlining efforts by Nigeria to curb the menace of substance abuse and illicit drug production and trafficking in his presentation at the third committee session of the ongoing 78th United Nations General Assembly, UNGA, in...