NDLEA ARREST SUSPECTED DRUG BARON, 5 OTHERS IN ABIA

REPORTER: PEACE AGBO

A suspected major drug lord, Adaobi Nweke, has been arrested alongside five others, by the Abia State Government in collaboration with the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA).

The five other arrested suspects comprises two males and three females.

The NDLEA and the Abia State Govt also confiscated 1.217 kg of illicit drugs and cash sum of five hundred thousand naira at various dens of other hard drug peddlers during a joint sting operation carried out in Umuahia.

Addressing Newsmen on the operation at the government house, the Deputy Governor, Mr. Ikechukwu Emetu, reiterated the commitment of the state government of ridding the state off all forms criminalities.

He stressed that the fight started with Lokpanta Cattle Market where kidnapping activities were allegedly taking place.

The Deputy Governor commended the efforts of the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Homeland Security, Mr. Chukwunenye Alajemba, and the Commander National Drug Law Enforcement Agency , Adelanwa Amos for the successful operation.

Earlier, the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Homeland security, Mr. Chukwunenye Alajemba explained that activities of the popular suspected drug lord, Adaobi, who is a lawyer by profession and daughter of a late, notorious drug kingpin in Umuahia, Joe Kin Jagwa, had ravaged many youths while her drug activities spanned many decades.

Mr. Alajemba, who further stated that the operatives also raided a popular hotel around Downbelow in Umuahia, said the State government had declared war on drugs and all forms of criminality in Abia State.

EDITED BY CHUKWUBUIKE MADU