The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency NDLEA Sokoto state command has warned youth in the state to desist from illicit, harmful and dangerous drugs capable of destroying their lives.
The NDLEA Sokoto State commandant Iro Adamu Muhammed made this known at a press conference in commemoration of the international day against drug abuse and illicit trafficking in Sokoto state
The commandant said in the last one year the command has made over two hundred and seventy arrest and secured over fifty right convictions, seized close to two million kilogrammes of varieties of illicit drugs as well as succeeded in counseling and rehabilitating over thirty five drug users. in the year under review.
He said the command is aware of the nature of the security challenges such as terrorism bedeviling the state hence the need for the command to encourage youths to fight drug peddling to a standstill in the state.
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