DRUG WAR: IKORODU PEACE INITIATIVE PARTNERS NDLEA, DECLARES WAR AGAINST DRUG BARONS IN IKORODU DIVISION. | Shakiru Seidu. ...Charges parents to wake-up from slumbers. ...It'll be zero tolerance for illicit drugs in Ikorodu, Lagos NDLEA Commander, Alumona assures.
As the war against drug barons and traffickers gets fiercer, Ikorodu Division Peace Initiative LTD/GTE in conjunction with the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has declared War Against Drug Abuse, WADA, on Wednesday, December 15, at Ikorodu Town Hall, Ikorodu, saying the war must be fought by all well meaning residents of Ikorodu Division.
This was contained in a statement signed by the Ad-hoc Committee Chairperson on Cultism and Drug Abuse, Chief (Hon) Mrs Akinsola Nosimot Adebimpe, where she explained that WADA is to enlighten and discourage Ikorodu youths from drugs including traffickers, and also to support NDLEA’s campaign on drug-free life, which is a people oriented goal that will help the country, especially, with the rising insecurity challenges.
According to her, "the essence of this programme is to publicly declare War Against Drug Abuse for the realization of a better Ikorodu Division; is designed to focus more on our youths because it is our belief that with continuous enlightenment programme on the danger of drug abuse, the future of our youths would have been guaranteed and secured.
"It goes without saying that abusing drugs can have dire consequences which may be physical, social, psychological or emotional harm to the abuser and or other persons. The effects may also be of an economic nature since someone with a serious drug addiction may be unable to work or earn a living as a direct result of their addiction and perhaps be an instrument in the hands of merchants of deaths."
Akinsola optimistic that at the end of public enlightenment programme organized by IDPIL/G, Ikorodu Division would have been able to agreed to the fact that drug abuse is injurious to physical and mental stability.
"This community need us, this community wants our youths to prosper and do well and the only way through which this can be possible is to stay away from dangerous drugs," she added.
Speaking on behalf of other Monarchs in Ikorodu Division, His Royal Majesty, Oba AbdulSemiu Orimadegun Kasali, Adeboruwa of Igbogbo Kingdom, commended the IDPIL/G on the initiative, reiterated the support of the Royal Fathers on the Group.
Oba Kasali further warned the youths against drug abuse in Ikorodu Division, urging the market women and various individuals to educate their children against the illicit act.
Mainwhile, the Area Commander, NDLEA Ikorodu Division, Mr Opeloyeru Lawal, Mrs Oluwaranti Edagbagbe and Barrister Toun Adekoya, did justice to the topic, enjoining all to wake up from slumbers.
Also in the same vein, the Area Commander, NDLEA, Lagos State, Mr C.O. Alumona, pleaded with Ikorodu youths to desist from the acts, while he declared war against the perpetrators. "We'll do our best to protect Ikorodu from drug abuse," Alumona assured.
He later decorated His Royal Majesties, Oba Kabir Adewale Shotobi, Ayangburen of Ikorodu, Oba AbdulSemiu Orimadegun Kasali, Adeboruwa of Igbogbo, Otunba Ganiyu Olusegun Abiru, Odofin Adewunmi Ogunsanya, and the TGPS Lagos State, as an Ambassadors of the crusade.
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