The NDLEA official said the command secured 80 convictions, with offenders receiving various jail terms, all within the 2025 operational year.
Mr Obasa said the move reflects his administration’s commitment to sustainable infrastructure solutions to address flooding and deteriorating roads.
The governors’ wives decried the practice as a violation of fundamental human rights and a major public health and development concern.
Mr Adaraloye said the defendant was caught by the church security and handed over to the police.
The prosecutor alleged that Mr Hakeem was arrested by NDLEA operatives while in possession of a bag containing 202 grammes of cannabis sativa.
Stakeholders in Kaduna state’s agricultural sector have called for stronger coordination to accelerate growth and improve outcomes under the Policy on Agricultural Systems Strengthening.
The police command in Enugu has recovered a truck reportedly snatched at gunpoint in Delta while intensifying the manhunt for fleeing suspects.
“The soldiers arrived in the communities last Friday and spent just one hour there…Tuesday evening, the terrorists stormed the villages,” a resident told The Gazette.
A statement by the command’s spokesperson, Saliu Afusat, on Friday, said that the operation was a resolve to deny criminal elements any safe haven in Kogi.
Troops of the Nigerian Army have dismantled kidnappers’ hideouts in Edo North senatorial district, apprehended 13 suspects and recovered arms, drugs and other incriminating items.
