The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration (NAFDAC) on Tuesday said it has intercepted 33 containers of Tramadol which were being conveyed to a yet-to-be-ascertained location in the country. The Director-General of NAFDAC Prof Christiana Adeyeye who disclosed this in Abuja while speaking at the National Chemical Security Training Conference also hinted that 3 trucks laden with tramadol were seized at the Apapa Ports in Lagos.
“We have to declare an emergency because of our youths and children who are abusing hard drugs. As I speak, we have about 33 containers of Tramadol that we intercepted. Those are the ones we could see. Some have exited the ports.
We have a big problem in the country and we have to declare an emergency because of our youths and children who are abusing drugs and families being disintegrated. About five weeks ago, NAFDAC intercepted a 40-feet container of Tramadol and two trucks exiting the Apapa ports. We were told that these vehicles were heading for Yola and the eventual destination may be the Sambisa Forest.
How can a young girl agree to have bombs tie around her, if not that her mind has been stolen through drugs? So, we have a problem to tackle. With the 33 containers, it means that some other containers are yet to be identified. We also have a problem with our porous borders.”
