The Nigerian Police Force (NPF) has accused the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) of assisting in drug trafficking in the country.
The police mentioned this while urging the agency to prosecute its officers suspected of colluding with an international narcotics gang as soon as possible.
Anaedoonline.ng remembers that the NDLEA indicted former IRT commander DCP Abba in the trafficking of cocaine on Monday at a press conference, leading to his detention by the police.
Cocaine Deal: NDLEA Confirms Arrest Of Abba Kyari Other 4 Policemen
In a statement issued Monday evening, Police Deputy PRO CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi confirmed Kyari’s arrest and charged NDLEA chairman Buba Marwa to also reveal police working for foreign cartels.
“The police investigation also established that the international narcotics cartel involved in this case have strong ties with some officers of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu who are on their payroll.
“The two arrested drug couriers confirmed that the modus is for the transnational drug barons to conspire with the NDLEA officers on duty and send them their pre-boarding photographs for identification, seamless clearance, and unhindered passage out of the airport with the narcotics being trafficked,” the police said.
Adejobi also started that the Inspector General of Police has also formally requested “that the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency should ensure the identification, arrest and investigation of the Agency’s officers who have also been found to be colluding with the international drug cartel involved in this case towards advancing the anti-narcotics agenda of the Federal Government.”
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Reacting to the police statement, NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi told Peoples Gazette that a statement will be issued to clarify that the operation that led to Mr Kyari’s indictment is still ongoing, indicating that the agency was not immediately ruling out the involvement of its own officers.
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