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Marwa, more than marijuana
By Emeka Obasi
Something different must come the way of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) following Ambassador Mohammed Buba Marwa’s appointment as Chairman/ Chief Executive Officer. I saw him resume, wearing shirt and long pants.
Marwa did not storm office in suits or flowing gown, the one a Turkish hotel attendant described as Flying parachute sometime in 1993 when Chief Ernest Shonekan visited Istanbul. An expatriate military instructor at Teshie, Ghana called it pyjamas.
The much I know of the NDLEA is that they are always after Indian hemp farmers, from Abi, Delta State to the bushes of Ondo. Once in a while, they raid brothels in Kano in search of Tramadol and codeine addicts. In Lagos, I believe operatives concentrate on the international airport.
By Shedrack Frank
Yenagao, Dec. 21, 2020 A 41 year-old former casual staff of Bayelsa Government House identified as Yinkere Goodman, has been arrested for allegedly stealing solar batteries from Creek Haven, the Bayelsa State Government House.
Goodman, was among 15 suspects paraded by the Bayelsa Commissioner of Police, Mike Okoli, at the State Police Command Headquarters, in Yenagoa on Monday.
Naija247news reports that Okoli, said that the other suspects were arrested for various economic crimes ranging from vandalism of amoured cables, solar batteries, transformers, and other electrical accessories for street lights.
Goodman, claimed to have worked at the government house as a drainage cleaner, said he resorted to crime as he was not paid for over five months.