NDLEA DISMANTLES ABUJA DRUG BUNKS, ARRESTS 132, RECOVERS 220KG ILLICIT SUBSTANCES. (PHOTOS). #PRESS RELEASE.
NDLEA dismantles Abuja drug bunks, arrests 132, recovers 220kg illicit substances -Marwa hails operation, vows to sustain crackdown in FCT, other states In a non-stop two-week offensive action against traffickers and dealers, operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have successfully dismantled several drug joints and bunks within and around the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja where a total of 132 suspects were arrested and 220 kilograms of assorted illicit substances recovered. The wel-coordinated raids jointly conducted by the Agency's Directorate of Operations and General Investigation (DOGI) and the FCT Strategic Command from llth to 25th April 2026 were launched to dismantle illicit drug hubs contributing to substance abuse, trafficking, and associated criminal activities in the capital city after weeks of intelligence and surveillance across all identified hotspots. Areas where notorious drug joints were raided, dismantled and suspects...
Justice Z.B Abubakar of the Federal High Court Kano today May 10,2017 dismissedan application brought before her by Former Group Managing Director of NNPC,Engineer Andrew Yakubu seeking for an order setting aside the interim forfeiture order of the 13th February 2017 made by the same court in respect of the Sums of $9,772,000 {Nine Million,Seven Hundred and Seventy Two Thousand United States Dollars} and another sum 74,000 pounds {Seventy Four Thousand Pound Sterling} found in the house of the former NNPC boss in Kaduna.The application was brought on groundss that the court lacks jurisdiction to entertain the matter and that the Federal Government lacks the competency or locus standi to seek for the interim forfeiture order.Also,the respondent applicant,argued that the court only empowered grant such an order in offences allegedly committed under the EFCC Act.The application further stated that the Federal Government in its application for the order concealed and misrepresent the facts which led to the issuance of the order.However,the applicant respondentss led by Aisha Tahir Habib responded to the application with a 19 paragraph counter affidavit deposed to by an operative of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission Adamu Waziri.In response to the counter affidavit,Ahmed Raji SAN for the respondent applicant filed a further and better affidavit and both applications were argued on the 4th of April,2017 after which the court reserved ruling for today.In her ruling today,Justice Zainab dismissed the application of the respondent applicant for Lack of merit.Consequently,all issues argued by the respective counsels were resolved in favour of the applicant respondent and against the respondent applicant,Andrew Yakubu.Andrew Yakubu was arraigned by the EFCC on the 16th March,2017 before the Federal High Court Abuja.His arraignment was sequel to a raid which was carried out by the operatives of the commission on his property located at Sabon Tasha area of Kaduna State and which led to the discovery of the sum of $9,772,000 {Nine Million,Seven Hundred and Seventy Two Thousand United States Dollars} and 74,000 {Seventy Four Thousand Pound Sterling} stashed in a huge fire proof safe.More photos below.
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