… As NDLEA nabs suspect with 38.45kg Indian hemp in Borno***
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), and the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), has received 34 Nigerians who voluntarily returned from Chad.
Mr Justin Uwazuruonye, Head, Abuja Operations Office, NEMA, disclosed this in an interview with the newsmen on Wednesday in Abuja.
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Uwazuruonye said that the returnees were received at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja by the staff of IOM, the NEMA Operations Officer, and other key stakeholders.
He said that the agency had on July 14, welcomed a previous batch of 41 Nigerians.
He listed the first batch of returnees to include; 12 adults and 29 children, while the second batch consisted of 27 adults and seven children.
“Both batches were accommodated and profiled by IOM and NEMA personnel, after which they were released to go back to their home states.
“Most of them are from Kaduna, Kano, Lagos, Kebbi and Niger states.
“Receiving the returnees on behalf of the Federal Government and NEMA’s Director-General, they were advised to remain, good citizens, as they go back to their home states,” Uwazuruonye said.
In the meantime, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a 27-year-old suspected drug dealer with compressed pieces of Indian hemp weighing 38.45kg in Borno.
Mr Jolaoso Moruf, the NDLEA Media and Advocacy Officer in Borno, said this in a statement issued in Maiduguri on Thursday.
He said the suspect was intercepted at a checkpoint in Biu Local Government Area of the state.
“Today July 21, our men at the Biu Area Command have succeeded in arresting the suspect with Cannabis Sativa weighing 38.45kg.
“The suspect and the illicit consignment have been transferred to Maiduguri,” Moruf said.
According to him, the interception has prevented the circulation of the deadly substance in the state.
Moruf said that the suspect would be charged to court after the investigation.
