Insurgents in North East funded from illicit drug trade- NDLEA Chairman
The Chairman/Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Col. Muhammad Abdallah (retd), has disclosed findings indicating that insurgents in the North-East were getting funding from illicit drug sales to carry out their dastardly act.
Col. Abdullah hinted that aside being the source of funding, the crisis was also being fueled by drug addiction.
The Chairman who spoke on Thursday in Makurdi during the pubic destruction of hard drugs exhibits seized by the Benue State Command of NDLEA said the government was doing everything to apprehend all those involved in the illicit drug trade as well as ensure the rehabilitation of the end users.
“The insurgency in the North-East is being fueled by drug addiction. The insurgents do not only consume it, they also use it as a source of their funds to carry out their dastardly acts in that part of the country.
“As serious as the situation is, government is not giving up on drug baron and their users, while the barons will he hunted and appropriately dealt with according to the law, the users who are usually victims of the illicit trafficked drugs will be identified, treated and rehabilitated and integrated into the society to make them useful members to themselves and the wider society.