Head of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), retired Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa has warned that legalizing cannabis in Nigeria will add to the current security challenges the country is currently battling and may further worsen the situation. Buba Marwa who made this statement at a national security summit organized by the House of Representatives added that over 10million Nigerians are abusing cannabis and that there is a strong nexus between drug abuse and insecurity.

Following the death of the Chief Of Army Staff, Ibrahim Attahiru in a helicopter crash on Friday in Kaduna, The Minority Caucus in the House of Representatives has called for a system-wide investigation into the cause of Friday’s plane crash involving the Chief of Army Staff as well as the last two crashes of military planes which led to the loss of lives of gallant and promising officers. The caucus in a statement signed by Minority Leader, Ndudi Elumelu on Saturday, expressed shock over the Friday’s crash of a military aircraft which claimed the lives of the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru and 10 other officers.

The former Delta State Governor James Onanefe Ibori was convicted of money laundering in the United Kingdom in the years 2012, the British police intercepted a purchase order for a private jet in 2005 through his solicitor in London, and was convicted on 10 counts of fraud worth nearly 50 million pounds in 2012 and was placed into immigration detention after his release in 2016.

The immediate past Governor of Kwara State, Abdulfatah Ahmed, is presently in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). According to sources at the anti-graft agency, the former Governor is currently being grilled by a crack team of operatives at the headquarters of the EFCC in Jabi Abuja over alleged diversion of N9 billion by his administration. Ahmed was said to have arrived at the EFCC headquarters about 10 am on Monday, in response to the invitation extended to him by the agency.

The Imo State Police Command, yesterday said that it arrested five suspected members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) linked to the killing of a police Sergeant, Joseph Nwaka, Department of operation of the command. This is contained in a release signed by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Orlando Ikeokwu, on Saturday wherein it was disclosed to newsmen in Owerri that their arrest came after a gun battle with the security operatives at Amanato in Isu local government area of Imo. The police added that the bursting of their camp was a result of the arrest of one of their members Onyekachi Mmadufor, a native of Umuduruekwe Isu LGA, who aided the police with the information in the arrest of others. Ikeokwu also said items recovered from the suspects include, one AK 47 rifle with breech no 56-258115, 15 Rounds of live ammunition, four locally fabricated weapons, six live cartridges, and a large quantity of weeds suspected to be Indian hemp.

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Abia State has lost part of its office at Amaekpu in Ohafia Local Government Area of the state to unknown assailants who damaged a large portion of the office. The midnight attack took place at 3 am on Tuesday, NDLEA Abia commander, Dele Akingbade confirmed to NAN in Umuahia. Mr. Akingbade blamed the attack on hoodlums, adding that only a section of the office complex was set ablaze. However, he noted that the office was not razed down, no life was lost and only minimal damage was done to the building. “The attackers came in around 3 am Tuesday morning, looking for seized drugs, ammunition, and intention to free suspects in NDLEA custody,” he said.