LOKOJA — The National Drugs Law
Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, in Kogi State has arrested an awaiting trial inmate,
Ilori Olusola, who escaped from Koton-Karfe Prisons in a 2012 jail break.
Olusola was standing trial at the
Federal High Court, Lokoja, for unlawful possession of 106.8 kilogrammes of
Indian hemp before the jail break.
Alhaji Idris Bello, the Commander of
NDLEA in the state, said at the 2013 end-of-year news briefing in Lokoja that
Olusola was re-arrested at Anyigba on December 19 with 2.9 kilogrammes of
Indian hemp.
Bello said the suspect had been
taken back to Koton-Karfe prisons for continuation of his trial, and that
additional charges would be filed against
him on resumption of the trial.
him on resumption of the trial.
Presenting his score chart for
the year, Bello said the command had recorded a total seizure of 6,499.809
kilogrammes of illicit drugs made up of 6,499.549kg of Indian hemp, 609 grammes
of psychotropic substances and volatile solvents weighing 200 grammes.
The commander said that 23 vehicles
were impounded and 225 suspects arrested in connection with the seizures, and
that 36 of them were convicted and sentenced while 17 others were still
awaiting trial.
Bello also said that 170 persons who
were drug-dependent had been counselled and rehabilitated, and two others
discovered to be innocent after due investigation were released.
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