Metro
KEBBI: Notorious female hemp dealer escapes NDLEA net
Men of the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) are currently on the hunt for a notorious female Indian hemp dealer based at Koko, Koko-Besse Local Government Area of Kebbi State, identified as Hajia Abu Musa, who escaped arrest.
Reports say the female marijuana dealer popularly known as Mata Masufhafhaye and Hajia Koko” may have defied arrest by the NDLEA due to her connections with some strong power brokers in the state which had sustained her in the business for the past 20 years.
A source said Hajia Musa, sensing she was about to be apprehended by the secrete officers of the agency, took to her heels before the arrival of NDLEA officials.
The source who didn’t want to be named said; “She has been on the radar of the official of NDLEA for some time now but she escaped from their grip again just like the manner she used to escape in the past from security agencies. She is still on the run now.
Read also: Economic Council recommends ban on open grazing
“She has been dealing in marijuana for over 20 years. Anytime she was picked up, the power brokers in the state always come to her rescue. That is how she has always escaped from prosecution. ”
According to Alhaji Suleiman Jadi, the Commandant of NDLEA in Kebbi State, his men are currently on the hunt for the suspect.
Jadi said; ” We are looking for her now. She is well known as a notorious marijuana dealer in Koko community. All her exhibits are with us inside polyethylene bags. She is selling the drugs in pieces to her customers. We are seriously looking for her”.
RipplesNigeria… without borders, without fears
Click here to join the Ripples Nigeria WhatsApp group for latest updates.
Join the conversation
Support Ripples Nigeria, hold up solutions journalism
Balanced, fearless journalism driven by data comes at huge financial costs.
As a media platform, we hold leadership accountable and will not trade the right to press freedom and free speech for a piece of cake.
If you like what we do, and are ready to uphold solutions journalism, kindly donate to the Ripples Nigeria cause.
Your support would help to ensure that citizens and institutions continue to have free access to credible and reliable information for societal development.
INVESTIGATION: In Kwara, multimillion-naira milk processing plant is abandoned, converted to a chicken outlet
After the government spent millions of naira to establish a milk processing plant in Kwara State that would provided jobs...
SPECIAL REPORT: For Sokoto communities, promise of healthcare is akin to death sentence
In this story, ABDULRASHEED HAMMAD delves into the dire realities of Primary Health Care services in Sokoto State, shedding light...
ICYMI…SPECIAL REPORT: NNPCL hides behind PIA to frustrate disclosure, accountability
Nigeria’s major oil company, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL), in what appears to be a common practice of disregard...
INVESTIGATION: Multi-million naira Ekiti resort center remains uncompleted a decade after
The multimillion-naira project, expected to comprise recreational buildings, now consists of cassava farmland, a bush used for excretion, and a...
SPECIAL REPORT: Torturous experiences of students with disabilities in Oyo tertiary institutions
For students with disabilities in Oyo state-owned tertiary institutions, learning is a torturous and distressing experience, considering the building structures...