The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Adamawa State Command, says it has commenced intensive surveillance on major routes along the Nigeria-Cameroon border.
The NDLEA said the move was sequel to the federal government ban on the production and importation of codeine into the country after health experts warned of the dire consequences of further consumption of the drug.
The Commander of the agency in Yola, Mr. Yakubu Kibo, said the command had taken strategic measures to comply with the federal government’s directive.
The NDLEA State commander explained the rationale behind the measure, “As you are aware, Adamawa has porous borders with Cameroon Republic; five of the seven local government areas affected by the Boko Haram insurgency in the state are directly on the border with Cameroon. But we have intensified surveillance in collaboration with our sister-agencies in these areas to frustrate any attempt to import the substance into the country.’’
Mr. Kibo said that the command recently destroyed over 14,000 tons of hard drugs, including four tons of cough syrup with Codeine.
He assured that the command would frustrate all possible moves to bring the banned drugs into the state and the country, in general.
