{"id":6145,"date":"2020-08-22T08:56:09","date_gmt":"2020-08-22T08:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=6145"},"modified":"2020-08-22T08:56:09","modified_gmt":"2020-08-22T08:56:09","slug":"zulum-ndleas-boss-lead-drugs-destruction-in-20-metric-tonnes-directs-staff-quarters-rehabilitation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=6145","title":{"rendered":"Zulum, NDLEA\u2019s boss, lead drugs\u2019 destruction in 20 metric tonnes\u00a0   &#8230; Directs staff quarters\u2019 rehabilitation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">Zulum, NDLEA\u2019s boss, lead drugs\u2019 destruction in 20 metric tonnes<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8230; Directs staff quarters\u2019 rehabilitation<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Borno state governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum yesterday led topmost officials of the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency to set ablaze 20 metric tonnes (equivalent to 20,000 kg) of psychotropic substances and illicit drugs seized by the NDLEA in different operations.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6150\" src=\"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_20200822_48304-241x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"241\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_20200822_48304-241x300.jpg 241w, https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_20200822_48304-337x420.jpg 337w, https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_20200822_48304.jpg 361w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 241px) 100vw, 241px\" \/><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Chairman, chief executive officer of the NDLEA, Col. Mustapha Abdallah (rtd) was in Maiduguri for the ceremonial destruction that took place in Muna, along Maiduguri-Gamboru road.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The exercise was graced by other dignitaries who included the Shehu of Borno, represented by the Shettima Kanuribe, GOC 7 Division, Nigerian Army, Brigadier General, A K. Ibrahim other security heads, members of Borno State executive council and and religious<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div dir=\"auto\">A federal high court had given order for the destruction, NDLEA officials explained.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6149\" src=\"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_20200822_36568-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_20200822_36568-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_20200822_36568-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_20200822_36568.jpg 675w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Zulum in his remarks, expressed continued support for the NDLEA\u2019s fight against illicit drugs.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">As part of his support, the governor directed the immediate rehabilitation of the federal owned staff quarters of the NDLEA in Maiduguri, as an intervention by Borno state government.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Zulum said he was worried by the quantity of drugs intercepted by the NDLEA in the state.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The governor explained that the negative impact of drug abuse particularly by students which are not limited to an extreme violence rape, sucide stealing, school dropout, poor academic performance and poor health as alarming.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zulum, NDLEA\u2019s boss, lead drugs\u2019 destruction in 20 metric tonnes &#8230; Directs staff quarters\u2019 rehabilitation Borno state governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum yesterday led topmost officials of the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency to set ablaze 20 metric tonnes (equivalent to 20,000 kg) of psychotropic substances and illicit drugs seized by the NDLEA in different [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":6147,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.3.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Zulum, NDLEA\u2019s boss, lead drugs\u2019 destruction in 20 metric tonnes\u00a0  ... 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