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Wike: Illicit drugs fuelling insecurity

Sodiq Lawal Chocomilo by Sodiq Lawal Chocomilo
February 23, 2021
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The Executive Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike has disclosed that the prevalence of illicit drugs is the root cause of rising insecurity in the country.

This was stated on Tuesday when he received the Chairman and Chief Executive Office, NDLEA, Brig-Gen. Mohammed Buba Marwa (rtd) at the Government House, Port Harcourt.

Wike also lamented that the Federal Government was dissipating its energy fighting the manifest symptoms instead of holistically addressing the major cause of the crimes.

Wike vowed to collaborate with the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) to set up a Drug Rehabilitation Centre in the state.

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In a statement released and signed by his Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Kelvin Ebiri, the governor said people had often thought that the fight against criminality in the country should be targeted only at bandits and kidnappers with less attention paid to the use of illicit drugs, which he said remained the root cause of such crimes.

He said if concerted efforts were made towards achieving a reduction in the level of illicit drug in the society, crime rate would reduce.

He said: “It’s most unfortunate that people think that fighting crime is only when you fight bandits, and kidnappers. But, nobody wants to understand the root cause of most of these crimes”.

He said persons engaged in criminal acts such as rape and kidnapping, were often under the influence of illicit hard drugs.

Wike pointed out the need to look at the fight against criminality holistically across the country with equal attention given to both drug influence and the crime perpetrators.

He said: “Any government worth its salt would not hesitate to support the agency in order to tackle the issue of drug.

“For choosing Rivers State first as your first point of call shows how you take the State, and remembering that this is where your career started after your graduation from the Nigeria Defence Academy (NDA).

“As for the rehabilitation centre, we will work that out with the Commander in the State, to see how we can set up a Drug Rehabilitation Centre in the state. We will also give you three Hilux Vans immediately to enhance performance of the agency.”

Wike further decried the state of most institutions and agencies established by the Federal Government saying they were not provided with requisite working tools to enable them perform their statutory functions.

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