The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA),
Ekiti State Command, on Thursday said that it would seize and destroyed any
farmland used for the cultivation of Cannabis in the state.
The Public Affairs Officer of the agency, Mr Peter
Njoku, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in
Ado-Ekiti.
He said that officers of the NDLEA have set up
strategies and measures to discover farmlands that were on lease or sold to
unidentified persons, that were being used to cultivate cannabis.
Njoku said most of the farms that were being used
to cultivate cannabis were mostly located in remote areas that could not be
easily traced.
The spokesman noted that any farmland found with
cannabis would be seized and anyone caught on such land would be arrested and
prosecuted.
He appealed to all traditional rulers and chiefs in
Ekiti to educate and inform their sons and daughters not to lease or sell their
lands to unidentified persons, who may use it for unlawful businesses.
Njoku, however, warned that anyone traditional
ruler or land owner who fails to cooperate with the agency, would be arrested
and be made to face the full wrath of the law.
(NAN)
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