The NDLEA gave the name of the alleged South Africa- based illegal drug manufacturer as Christian Chibuzor. It said that the drug firm hidden in the residential area at Phase 6, Trans-Ekulu produced methamphetamine, an illicit hard drug, adding that the waste products from the factory had contaminated wells from where the residents of Trans- Ekulu sourced water for domestic use.
According to him, there was “urgent need for decontamination of the whole area as dangerous waste products from the illegal drug laboratory had seeped into wells of neighbouring compounds and poisoned their sources of water supply. Also, narrating his experience, a neighbour in the Phase 6 area of Trans- Ekulu,, Mazi Ogunedo Emeruole said: “We started noticing changes in our well for over three weeks but before then, we did perceive strong smell from our neighbour’s compound.