Kwara NSCDC Boss Decries Excessive Use Of Hard Drugs
*Promises Partnership With NDLEA To Stem The Tide
By Stephen Olufemi Oni, Ilorin
The geometric rise in crimes and criminality in the country has been adduced to excessive intake of hard drugs by criminal elements, thereby making them to be reckless and wayward.
The Kwara State Commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Makinde Iskil Ayinla, stated this on Friday while receiving the new Kwara State Commander of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Mr Peter Onche Odaudu, during a courtesy visit at the NSCDC head office in Ilorin.
The NSCDC Commandant, who commended the efforts of the NDLEA towards ridding the society of hard drugs, decried the high rate of insecurity in the country, adding that the adverse effects of hard drugs cannot be overemphasized.
“When we are talking about rise in crimes and criminality in the country, there is no way we will not mention the excessive abuse of hard drugs by these criminal elements. We talk about increase in rape cases and you all agree with me that there is no way we can separate the negative effects of hard drugs on the users”, the Commandant stated.
He, however, expressed the readiness of the NSCDC to further improve on the working relationship with the NDLEA in order to checkmate the increase in the use of hard drugs in the society.
Earlier, the Commander of the NDLEA, Mr Peter Onche Odaudu, had decried abuse of hard drugs by security operatives in the country, all in the name of being referred to as gallant and successful officers, adding that NDLEA would sensitise the officers and men of the NSCDC on the danger of drug abuse.
He was upbeat that the two federal government’s paramilitary agencies. NDLEA and NSCDC, have been enjoying robust and result-oriented working relationship, promising to sustain the trend during his time in Kwara State.