The ammunition. Photo credit: New Telegraph
According to a New Telegraph, the National Drug Law Enforcement
Agency (NDLEA) has arrested two policemen for their involvement in the
shipment of 1,250 rounds of live ammunition.
The NDLEA spokesman, Jonah Achema, said the live ammunition was
intercepted by the agency’s FCT Command during a motorised patrol at the
Gwagwalada end of Abuja-Lokoja Expressway.
The consignment, destined for Jos, Plateau State, was sent through a
transport company from Lagos to be collected by the policemen.
“The two policemen, Jacob Jalwap, an Assistant Superintendent
of Police (ASP) attached to Police Command Headquarters, Jos, Plateau
State and Nandul Seizing, a corporal attached to Angua Rogo, Jos, were
arrested in Jos in a follow-up investigation of the live ammunition
accompanied with a way bill containing the phone number and name of
Nandul Seizing. The two men were arrested when they turned up to claim
the consignment. The suspects and exhibits have been transferred to the
police,” Achema said.
In another development, the leading role of Nigeria through the
NDLEA in the fight against drug trafficking in Africa has received
recognition from one of its international collaborators, the European
Union (EU).
The agency has consequently been invited to share Nigeria’s
experience at EU trans-regional operational meeting against drugs and
organised crimes, along the heroine routes. The meeting holds from
November 26 to 28, 2018 in Mauritius.
“NDLEA is expected to provide insights into the current
situation and trends in Nigeria, including discussing ongoing
investigations of landmark cases,” EU said.
The meeting, which comes under the project EU-ACT: EU Action
against Drugs and Organised Crimes, is the new and innovative
demand-driven project, designed to promote the comprehensive and
balanced approach on drugs and to enhance synergies with the policy
cycle for organised and serious international crimes. The EU expressed
optimism that the operational meeting will contribute to stability and
peace as well as the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable
Development.
The NDLEA Chairman, Col. Muhammad Mustapha Abdallah (rtd.), who led
a team of senior agency officials to the operational meeting, said
Nigeria was doing so much in the area of drug control and organised
crime, an experience which could be shared with other African countries.
He equally applauded the collaborative efforts of the EU in the country.
Abdallah is optimistic that the operational meeting would provide
more opportunities for African countries to collaborate against the
criminal organisations on the continent and beyond.