NDLEA arrests 225 suspects, seizes 809kg of illicit drugs in Kwara

<p>“Though the joy over the newborn is tainted with sadness, the family is clinging onto hope that spirited Nigerians and government to the missing placenta and serve justice on those involved,” the grandmother said.</p>, <p>Also speaking, the paternal grandmother of the baby, Mrs Funmilayo Ijanusi, said that the report by the hospital officials that a dog entered the facility and stole away with the placenta was unacceptable.</p>, <p>SP Chidi Nwabuzor, Public Relations Officer of the Edo State Police Command, confirmed the arrest to NAN in Benin.</p>, <p>DSP Toochukwu Ikenga stated this in a press release, adding that nine girls who were found in the brothel have been rescued and would be taken care of by the state government before being repatriated to their states of origin.</p>, <p>They were said to have been lured from various states, including Ebonyi, Enugu, Akwa Ibom and Rivers State.</p>, <p>Following the victims’ report of the incident at the Ologbo Police Division, operatives were immediately dispatched to the scene, where Osahon Omofuma, 38, and eight others were arrested, Nwabuzor stated.</p>, <p>According to her, the command secured 57 convictions, while 39 cases are still pending in court. Disclosing that 99 drug users were counselled by the command, she worried about the involvement of students of institutions of higher learning in drug abuse.</p>, <p>The Kwara State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said it has arrested 225 suspected drug traffickers and seized 809, 200 kilograms of illicit drugs since January this year.</p>, <p>Odunlami-Omisanya explained that the three persons were arrested after the 23-year-old father of the newborn baby, Tunde Ijanusi, made a complaint about the incident at Emure-Ile Police Division H.</p>, <p>The suspects, alleged to be cult members, attacked Festus Osagie, 40, and Olusola Esimaje, 39, on June 15 at Ologbo, Ikpoba Okha Local Government Area. According to the police authorities, they reportedly opened fire on their victims, injuring t