By Abba Gwale
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has arrested a 70-year-old suspected drug trafficker, Rabiu Wada, who is said to be supplying substances to Boko Haram insurgents and bandits.
In a statement signed by the spokesperson for the agency, Femi Babafemi, on Saturday said Wada had brought hides from Niger Republic and sold it in Lagos.
Babafemi said the suspect, who hails from Dallawa town in Niger Republic, was arrested on Thursday in Niger State with 10 pallets of skunk.
“During interrogation, the suspect claimed he sold his goods for N300,000 in Lagos and used the fund to buy 10 pallets of skunk at N25,000 each. He was on his way back to Niger Republic through the North-West where he sells drugs to bandits when he was intercepted in Jebba,” said Babafemi.
Also, the Commander, Niger State Command of the NDLEA, Aloye Isaac, said the arrest was a further confirmation of the nexus between drug abuse and the security challenges in parts of the country.
