located at Success Line, Marine modern market, Onitsha, Awka North Local Government Area of Anambra State.This followed credible intelligence on drugs and arms deal in the location, Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA Headquarters, Abuja, Femi Babafemi, disclosed this on Friday.
According to him, “Backed by soldiers from the military, NDLEA operatives stormed the store on Wednesday 15th December 2021 and moved the arm and ammunition to the Agency’s office in Awka.” In another development, he said NDLEA operatives on patrol along Okene-Lokoja Expressway in Kogi State intercepted 34 children between the ages of eight and 14 being trafficked from Ijebu Ode, Ogun State to Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory.
“The minors packed in two commercial buses; Toyota Sienna and a 12- Seater Mazda with registration numbers Lagos LND124FV and Oyo BDJ-683YK respectively, were recovered in the early hours of Thursday 16th Dec from the human trafficking syndicate,” he said. “The bus drivers confirmed that the kids were handed over to them by a woman at Ijebu Ode to be conveyed to Abuja, adding that on arrival in FCT, the woman is to call another bus driver who will convey the children to Riyom in Plateau State.
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