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Drug barons ‘re killing our operatives, Marwa raises alarm

Ada Okafor by Ada Okafor
November 4, 2022
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Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brig-Gen. Buba Marwa (Rtd), has disclosed that drug barons are killing their operatives as revenge in the fight against drug trafficking in the country.

Appearing before the House of Representatives Committee of Drugs and Narcotics while defending the agency’s 2022 budget performance and 2023 proposal, the chairman advocated for the provision of barracks for the operatives to save their lives.

He said that the agency had acquired land in Adamawa, Abuja and Lagos for the barracks, informing that the building of the facility would be under Private Public Partnership (PPP).

Marwa also disclosed that the agency was at the verge of constructing three rehabilitation centres, two forensic laboratories and purchasing of security equipment.

He however decried the slashing of the budget earmarked for the project,  explaining to them .

According to him, while N24 billion was allocated to the barracks project in the 2022 budget, it was later slashed to N13 billion in the 2023 budget proposal, requesting additional N10 billion for the projects.

He said: “The barracks issue is very critical to us because as we all know the NDLEA is very aggressive now against drug traffickers and the drug barons and when you arrest and prosecute them and send them to jail, they are not happy. So they come after our personnel and with our personnel living in the town and cities and among them, we have been recording casualties and assassinations against them.

“Like I said earlier the President had graciously approved the construction of barracks for the Agency last 2022. The barrack project is ongoing and the sum of N13 billion has been captured in the 2023 budget proposal. Last year it was N24 billion. Actually 24 billion cannot build a barrack, complete barrack. But we had to figure out certain key priorities in selected areas, bearing in mind the need to go round all the geopolitical zones and this year, we have been able to look at four zones. We have touched Lagos but it still needs more to be done.

“We pray that with more money for the barrack, because N13 billion would probably build half a barracks, but if we are able to achieve another 10 billion or more on this barrack, then we would be able to add three more of the geopolitical zones for us to complete six. Hopefully as the years go by and we have other chairman, the struggle for barracks would continue.”

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