{"id":212591,"date":"2022-08-25T13:03:45","date_gmt":"2022-08-25T12:03:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=212591"},"modified":"2022-08-25T13:03:45","modified_gmt":"2022-08-25T12:03:45","slug":"ndlea-destroys-illicit-drugs-worth-n2bn-in-aibom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/08\/25\/ndlea-destroys-illicit-drugs-worth-n2bn-in-aibom\/","title":{"rendered":"NDLEA destroys illicit drugs worth N2bn in A\u2019Ibom"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">The Akwa Ibom State Command of the\u00a0National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Akwa Ibom State Command, has destroyed 2.768 tonnes of illicit drugs estimated at over N2bn in the state.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The state government in turn commended the anti-narcotic agency and vowed to support its efforts towards the attainment of zero case profile in drug-related offences in the state and Nigeria at large.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">This was contained in a statement on Thursday by the press Secretary to the Deputy Governor, Ekikere Umoh, after the agency\u2019s chairman, Brig. General Mohammed Marwa, (retd), paid a courtesy visit to the deputy governor, Moses Ekpo, at Government House, Uyo.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Marwa who was represented by the agency\u2019s Secretary, Barr. Shedrach Haruna, listed the destroyed drugs to include cannabis sativa, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/08\/04\/ndlea-burns-560068kg-cocaine-cannabis-threaten-barons\/\">cocaine<\/a>, heroin and other psychotropic substances.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He said the drugs were seized between 2014 and September 2021, adding that the destruction was in line with the agency\u2019s Act which mandates it to take measures for the destruction of seized narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">While reassuring that the agency will not rest on its oars to rid the country of the menace of hard drugs, the chairman stated that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/08\/17\/ndlea-nabs-abuja-businessman-trading-drugs-online\/\">NDLEA<\/a> is not only\u201d involved in arrest and prosecution of drug offenders, but also tackling the scourge through aggressive drug awareness and sensitization programmes for vulnerable youths and other groups\u201d.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He disclosed that the agency recently launched a 24\/7 toll-free call centre for members of the public who may need help on drug-related matters.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The chairman who appreciated the federal and state governments and other partners for their support in the fight against illicit drugs,\u00a0 requested for land from the state government for the construction of a staff barracks for the command as well as the establishment of Drug-free Clubs in schools in order to curb the menace.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Responding, the Deputy Governor, Mr. Moses Ekpo while acknowledging the positive report- card of the Agency, commended Buba Marwa, noting that his appointment has positively altered the performance narrative of the agency nationwide.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He said the efforts of the NDLEA has resulted in the upsurge of drug seizures, arrest and convictions at critical drug corridors across the country, adding that the Akwa Ibom command made a recent arrest and seizure of 90 kilograms of substance suspected to be Amphetamine, and\u00a0 other seizures.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cThis has obviously rubbed off on the Akwa Ibom State office, with the result that we have been able to more effectively contain the challenges of drug abuse and illicit trafficking\u201d, he stated.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The Deputy Governor urged the Federal government to further empower the NDLEA with more funding to enable them to not only give support to state offices, but procure needed work tools for a revolution in the fight against unhealthy drug use.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cI call on Nigerians to team up with the government in the war against drug use and illicit trafficking. The negative implications of drug abuse are far-reaching, including adverse effects on the health of our people, avoidable road accidents and drug-related criminality\u201d, Ekpo appealed.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Akwa Ibom State Command of the\u00a0National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Akwa Ibom State Command, has destroyed 2.768 tonnes of illicit drugs estimated at over N2bn in the state. The state government in turn commended the anti-narcotic agency and vowed to support its efforts towards the attainment of zero case profile in drug-related offences in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":70442,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"source_name":"","source_url":"","via_name":"","via_url":"","override_template":"0","override":[{"template":"custom","single_blog_custom":"211693","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"double-sidebar","sidebar":"single-left","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"top","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_share_counter":"1","show_view_counter":"1","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"0","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","show_zoom_button":"0","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"1","show_popup_post":"0","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"0","show_post_related":"0","show_inline_post_related":"1"}],"override_image_size":"0","image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post":"0","trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post":"0","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","sponsored_post_name":"","sponsored_post_url":"","sponsored_post_logo_enable":"0","sponsored_post_logo":"","sponsored_post_desc":"","disable_ad":"0"},"jnews_primary_category":{"id":""},"jnews_override_bookmark_settings":[],"jnews_override_counter":{"override_view_counter":"0","view_counter_number":"0","override_share_counter":"0","share_counter_number":"0","override_like_counter":"0","like_counter_number":"0","override_dislike_counter":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[110,44898,44899,465],"class_list":["post-212591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local","tag-akwa-ibom","tag-mohammad-marwa","tag-n2-billion-illicit-drugs","tag-ndlea"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.8 (Yoast SEO v27.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>NDLEA destroys illicit drugs worth N2bn in A\u2019Ibom<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/08\/25\/ndlea-destroys-illicit-drugs-worth-n2bn-in-aibom\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"NDLEA destroys illicit drugs worth N2bn in A\u2019Ibom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Akwa Ibom State Command of the\u00a0National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Akwa Ibom State Command, has destroyed 2.768 tonnes of illicit drugs estimated at\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/08\/25\/ndlea-destroys-illicit-drugs-worth-n2bn-in-aibom\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"NEWS PICKS \u2014 WITHIN NIGERIA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/withinnigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SodiqAdewaleChocomilo?mibextid=ZbWKwL\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-08-25T12:03:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/08\/ify_davies\/2021\/08\/13\/NDLEA-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"694\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Sodiq Lawal Chocomilo\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@OChocomilo\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@withinnigeria\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Sodiq Lawal Chocomilo\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2022\\\/08\\\/25\\\/ndlea-destroys-illicit-drugs-worth-n2bn-in-aibom\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2022\\\/08\\\/25\\\/ndlea-destroys-illicit-drugs-worth-n2bn-in-aibom\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Sodiq Lawal Chocomilo\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/db8593431a99b3751c40316ba4b4a452\"},\"headline\":\"NDLEA destroys illicit drugs worth N2bn in A\u2019Ibom\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-08-25T12:03:45+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2022\\\/08\\\/25\\\/ndlea-destroys-illicit-drugs-worth-n2bn-in-aibom\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":508,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2022\\\/08\\\/25\\\/ndlea-destroys-illicit-drugs-worth-n2bn-in-aibom\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2021\\\/08\\\/ify_davies\\\/2021\\\/08\\\/13\\\/NDLEA-1.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Akwa Ibom\",\"Mohammad Marwa\",\"N2 billion illicit drugs\",\"NDLEA\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Local News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2022\\\/08\\\/25\\\/ndlea-destroys-illicit-drugs-worth-n2bn-in-aibom\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2022\\\/08\\\/25\\\/ndlea-destroys-illicit-drugs-worth-n2bn-in-aibom\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2022\\\/08\\\/25\\\/ndlea-destroys-illicit-drugs-worth-n2bn-in-aibom\\\/\",\"name\":\"NDLEA destroys illicit drugs worth N2bn in A\u2019Ibom\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2022\\\/08\\\/25\\\/ndlea-destroys-illicit-drugs-worth-n2bn-in-aibom\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2022\\\/08\\\/25\\\/ndlea-destroys-illicit-drugs-worth-n2bn-in-aibom\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2021\\\/08\\\/ify_davies\\\/2021\\\/08\\\/13\\\/NDLEA-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-08-25T12:03:45+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2022\\\/08\\\/25\\\/ndlea-destroys-illicit-drugs-worth-n2bn-in-aibom\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2022\\\/08\\\/25\\\/ndlea-destroys-illicit-drugs-worth-n2bn-in-aibom\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2022\\\/08\\\/25\\\/ndlea-destroys-illicit-drugs-worth-n2bn-in-aibom\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2021\\\/08\\\/ify_davies\\\/2021\\\/08\\\/13\\\/NDLEA-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2021\\\/08\\\/ify_davies\\\/2021\\\/08\\\/13\\\/NDLEA-1.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":694,\"caption\":\"NDLEA\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2022\\\/08\\\/25\\\/ndlea-destroys-illicit-drugs-worth-n2bn-in-aibom\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"NDLEA destroys illicit drugs worth N2bn in A\u2019Ibom\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"NEWS\",\"description\":\"Latest &amp; Trending Nigeria News, Entertainment, Sports\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"WITHN NIGERIA MEDIA LIMITED\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2021\\\/01\\\/Logo-dark-bg.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2021\\\/01\\\/Logo-dark-bg.png\",\"width\":750,\"height\":500,\"caption\":\"WITHN NIGERIA MEDIA LIMITED\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/facebook.com\\\/withinnigeria\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/withinnigeria\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/withinnigeria\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/company\\\/withinnigeria\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/channel\\\/UCo0qw0SqhKNTsQQM48FpdTA\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/db8593431a99b3751c40316ba4b4a452\",\"name\":\"Sodiq Lawal Chocomilo\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/87917d701bb342a8e7c12833c7301dab5a0c88c83b2959248027da7ade686bc6?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/87917d701bb342a8e7c12833c7301dab5a0c88c83b2959248027da7ade686bc6?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/87917d701bb342a8e7c12833c7301dab5a0c88c83b2959248027da7ade686bc6?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Sodiq Lawal Chocomilo\"},\"description\":\"Lawal Sodiq Adewale aka CHOCOMILO is an award winning journalist. Mail me at Chocomilo@withinnigeria.com. See full profile on Within Nigeria's TEAM PAGE\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/SodiqAdewaleChocomilo?mibextid=ZbWKwL\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/OChocomilo\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/author\\\/adewale_chocomilo\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"NDLEA destroys illicit drugs worth N2bn in A\u2019Ibom","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/08\/25\/ndlea-destroys-illicit-drugs-worth-n2bn-in-aibom\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"NDLEA destroys illicit drugs worth N2bn in A\u2019Ibom","og_description":"The Akwa Ibom State Command of the\u00a0National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Akwa Ibom State Command, has destroyed 2.768 tonnes of illicit drugs estimated at","og_url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/08\/25\/ndlea-destroys-illicit-drugs-worth-n2bn-in-aibom\/","og_site_name":"NEWS PICKS \u2014 WITHIN NIGERIA","article_publisher":"https:\/\/facebook.com\/withinnigeria","article_author":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SodiqAdewaleChocomilo?mibextid=ZbWKwL","article_published_time":"2022-08-25T12:03:45+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":694,"url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/08\/ify_davies\/2021\/08\/13\/NDLEA-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Sodiq Lawal Chocomilo","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@OChocomilo","twitter_site":"@withinnigeria","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Sodiq Lawal Chocomilo","Estimated reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/08\/25\/ndlea-destroys-illicit-drugs-worth-n2bn-in-aibom\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/08\/25\/ndlea-destroys-illicit-drugs-worth-n2bn-in-aibom\/"},"author":{"name":"Sodiq Lawal Chocomilo","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/db8593431a99b3751c40316ba4b4a452"},"headline":"NDLEA destroys illicit drugs worth N2bn in A\u2019Ibom","datePublished":"2022-08-25T12:03:45+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/08\/25\/ndlea-destroys-illicit-drugs-worth-n2bn-in-aibom\/"},"wordCount":508,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/08\/25\/ndlea-destroys-illicit-drugs-worth-n2bn-in-aibom\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/08\/ify_davies\/2021\/08\/13\/NDLEA-1.jpg","keywords":["Akwa Ibom","Mohammad Marwa","N2 billion illicit drugs","NDLEA"],"articleSection":["Local News"],"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/08\/25\/ndlea-destroys-illicit-drugs-worth-n2bn-in-aibom\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/08\/25\/ndlea-destroys-illicit-drugs-worth-n2bn-in-aibom\/","url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/08\/25\/ndlea-destroys-illicit-drugs-worth-n2bn-in-aibom\/","name":"NDLEA destroys illicit drugs worth N2bn in A\u2019Ibom","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/08\/25\/ndlea-destroys-illicit-drugs-worth-n2bn-in-aibom\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/08\/25\/ndlea-destroys-illicit-drugs-worth-n2bn-in-aibom\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/08\/ify_davies\/2021\/08\/13\/NDLEA-1.jpg","datePublished":"2022-08-25T12:03:45+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/08\/25\/ndlea-destroys-illicit-drugs-worth-n2bn-in-aibom\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/08\/25\/ndlea-destroys-illicit-drugs-worth-n2bn-in-aibom\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/08\/25\/ndlea-destroys-illicit-drugs-worth-n2bn-in-aibom\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/08\/ify_davies\/2021\/08\/13\/NDLEA-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/08\/ify_davies\/2021\/08\/13\/NDLEA-1.jpg","width":1200,"height":694,"caption":"NDLEA"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/08\/25\/ndlea-destroys-illicit-drugs-worth-n2bn-in-aibom\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"NDLEA destroys illicit drugs worth N2bn in A\u2019Ibom"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/","name":"NEWS","description":"Latest &amp; Trending Nigeria News, Entertainment, Sports","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#organization","name":"WITHN NIGERIA MEDIA LIMITED","url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/01\/Logo-dark-bg.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/01\/Logo-dark-bg.png","width":750,"height":500,"caption":"WITHN NIGERIA MEDIA LIMITED"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/facebook.com\/withinnigeria","https:\/\/x.com\/withinnigeria","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/withinnigeria\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/withinnigeria\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCo0qw0SqhKNTsQQM48FpdTA"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/db8593431a99b3751c40316ba4b4a452","name":"Sodiq Lawal Chocomilo","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/87917d701bb342a8e7c12833c7301dab5a0c88c83b2959248027da7ade686bc6?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/87917d701bb342a8e7c12833c7301dab5a0c88c83b2959248027da7ade686bc6?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/87917d701bb342a8e7c12833c7301dab5a0c88c83b2959248027da7ade686bc6?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Sodiq Lawal Chocomilo"},"description":"Lawal Sodiq Adewale aka CHOCOMILO is an award winning journalist. Mail me at Chocomilo@withinnigeria.com. See full profile on Within Nigeria's TEAM PAGE","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SodiqAdewaleChocomilo?mibextid=ZbWKwL","https:\/\/x.com\/OChocomilo"],"url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/author\/adewale_chocomilo\/"}]}},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212591","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=212591"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212591\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=212591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=212591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=212591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}