President Muhammadu Buhari has appreciated the effort of the Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Buba Marwa, in the eradication of the drug menace in the country.
The President, in a telephone call to Marwa on Monday, reacting to the recent cocaine bust carried out by operatives of the agency in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State.
The NDLEA announced on Monday that its operatives recorded the agency’s biggest singular cocaine seizure in its history.
According to a statement by Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, Buhari, who called the Chairman of the anti-narcotics agency from New York where he is attending the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 77), said that the news of the recovery gladdens his heart.
“I deeply appreciate the work that you have put into the eradication of the drug menace. It gladdens my heart as I continue to follow the successes achieved under your leadership,” he stated.
“You have demonstrated over and again that choosing you to lead this fight against wicked merchants of death whose sole aim is to endanger and truncate the future of our youth is a very good choice. Please keep up the good work.”
At a meeting later with members of his delegation, the president said: “Buba Marwa is doing well. Two tonnes of cocaine, that’s a haul.”