Juliana Francis
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), are still to understand, why undergraduate, who ordinarily should burning the midnight candle in order to make good grades before leaving the university, preferred to delve into the deadly work of drug trafficking.
According to NDLEA, it arrested a 300-level university student, Rhoda Agboje and her boyfriend, Ifeanyi Nwankwo, for allegedly producing and selling cookies prepared with illicit drugs to schoolchildren and members of the public in Abuja.
The Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA Headquarters, Abuja, Femi Babafemi, explained that operatives with the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Command of the NDLEA, had also launched a manhunt for another member of the syndicate involved in producing the cookies with a drug known as Arizona. The said drug is a highly psychoactive variant of cannabis; alcohol and rohypnol among other ingredients.
Babafemi said that Agboje was arrested on April 18, 2021 with four pieces of the drugged cookies.
The image maker said: “She was arrested at the NNPC Cooperative Estate, opposite Gaduwa Estate in Abuja based on a complaint that she gave an unsuspecting young girl the cookies to eat. After eating the cookies, the girl lost her mind and could not sleep, making incoherent utterances due to the effects of the cookies. Under interrogation, Rhoda confessed she prepared the cookies with a friend and used to sell each pack of three pieces at N1, 500. A follow up operation in her boyfriend’s house led to the recovery of over 200 pieces of the cookies.”
The Commander, FCT Command of the NDLEA, Mohammed Malami Sokoto, said, “The boyfriend and all the equipment used for the production of the cookies were brought to the office for further investigation. The suspect confirmed that she also used to sell the cookies at parties and to unsuspecting members of the public, including schoolchildren, who are the most vulnerable. The suspect also supplies some supermarkets and clubs in the FCT.”
The Chief Executive of the NDLEA, Brig. General Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) said: “I wish to draw the attention of parents to this new devious strategy to get children addicted to drug cookies and to urge them to remain vigilant while monitoring what their wards bring home from school or consume as snacks.”
First Published 2021
