{"id":90224,"date":"2021-10-06T18:33:04","date_gmt":"2021-10-06T17:33:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=90224"},"modified":"2021-10-06T18:33:04","modified_gmt":"2021-10-06T17:33:04","slug":"lagos-oyo-are-epicentres-of-drug-abuse-in-nigeria-ndlea-chairman-marwa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/10\/06\/lagos-oyo-are-epicentres-of-drug-abuse-in-nigeria-ndlea-chairman-marwa\/","title":{"rendered":"Lagos, Oyo are epicentres of drug abuse in Nigeria &#8211; NDLEA chairman, Marwa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Buba Marwa has stated that drug abuse is most prevalent in Oyo and Lagos states.<\/p>\n<p>This was made known on Wednesday by the NDLEA chairman, Buba Marwa while\u00a0speaking at a public lecture organised by United Action for Change (UAC) in Lagos.<\/p>\n<p>He said not less than 14.3 million Nigerians abuse drugs, with the south-west zone recording the highest prevalence.<\/p>\n<p>Marwa expressed concern over Nigeria\u2019s drug statistics, saying the country is \u201cnumber one in the use of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/09\/09\/growing-your-own-cannabis-is-now-legalized-in-italy\/\">cannabis<\/a>\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNigeria\u2019s drug statistics should give every one of us a sleepless night,\u201d Marwa said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot less than 14.3 million Nigerians abuse drugs \u2014 Nigerians between the ages of 16 and 64 years. Among them, one in four drug users is female.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cExpectedly, cannabis is the most abused substance by Nigerians. What\u2019s alarming, however, is that a staggering 10.6 million Nigerians abuse the use of cannabis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat number makes our country number one in the use of cannabis. Let\u2019s ponder this for a moment; 10.6 million is more than the estimated population of Botswana and Lesotho combined.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMost of the abusers first started at the age of 19, and the highest level of usage is concentrated in youth between 25 and 29.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe highest abuse of drugs is reported in the southern geopolitical zone, with the south-west recording the highest prevalence with over four million Nigerians engaging in the use of various drugs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn this regard, the Lagos-Oyo axis is the epicentre of drug abuse in Nigeria.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Buba Marwa has stated that drug abuse is most prevalent in Oyo and Lagos states. This was made known on Wednesday by the NDLEA chairman, Buba Marwa while\u00a0speaking at a public lecture organised by United Action for Change (UAC) in Lagos. He said not less than [&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":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_override_bookmark_settings":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[3664,14803,465,19298],"class_list":["post-90224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local","tag-buba-marwa","tag-drug-abuse","tag-ndlea","tag-united-action-for-change"],"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>Lagos, Oyo are epicentres of drug abuse in Nigeria - NDLEA chairman, Marwa<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Buba Marwa has stated that drug abuse is most prevalent in Oyo and Lagos states.\" \/>\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\/2021\/10\/06\/lagos-oyo-are-epicentres-of-drug-abuse-in-nigeria-ndlea-chairman-marwa\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lagos, Oyo are epicentres of drug abuse in Nigeria - NDLEA chairman, Marwa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Buba Marwa has stated that drug abuse is most prevalent in Oyo and Lagos states. This was\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/10\/06\/lagos-oyo-are-epicentres-of-drug-abuse-in-nigeria-ndlea-chairman-marwa\/\" \/>\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=\"2021-10-06T17:33:04+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\\\/2021\\\/10\\\/06\\\/lagos-oyo-are-epicentres-of-drug-abuse-in-nigeria-ndlea-chairman-marwa\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2021\\\/10\\\/06\\\/lagos-oyo-are-epicentres-of-drug-abuse-in-nigeria-ndlea-chairman-marwa\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Sodiq Lawal Chocomilo\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/db8593431a99b3751c40316ba4b4a452\"},\"headline\":\"Lagos, Oyo are epicentres of drug abuse in Nigeria &#8211; NDLEA chairman, Marwa\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-10-06T17:33:04+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2021\\\/10\\\/06\\\/lagos-oyo-are-epicentres-of-drug-abuse-in-nigeria-ndlea-chairman-marwa\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":260,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2021\\\/10\\\/06\\\/lagos-oyo-are-epicentres-of-drug-abuse-in-nigeria-ndlea-chairman-marwa\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2021\\\/08\\\/ify_davies\\\/2021\\\/08\\\/13\\\/NDLEA-1.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Buba Marwa\",\"drug abuse\",\"NDLEA\",\"United Action for Change\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Local News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2021\\\/10\\\/06\\\/lagos-oyo-are-epicentres-of-drug-abuse-in-nigeria-ndlea-chairman-marwa\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2021\\\/10\\\/06\\\/lagos-oyo-are-epicentres-of-drug-abuse-in-nigeria-ndlea-chairman-marwa\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2021\\\/10\\\/06\\\/lagos-oyo-are-epicentres-of-drug-abuse-in-nigeria-ndlea-chairman-marwa\\\/\",\"name\":\"Lagos, Oyo are epicentres of drug abuse in Nigeria - NDLEA chairman, Marwa\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2021\\\/10\\\/06\\\/lagos-oyo-are-epicentres-of-drug-abuse-in-nigeria-ndlea-chairman-marwa\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2021\\\/10\\\/06\\\/lagos-oyo-are-epicentres-of-drug-abuse-in-nigeria-ndlea-chairman-marwa\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2021\\\/08\\\/ify_davies\\\/2021\\\/08\\\/13\\\/NDLEA-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-10-06T17:33:04+00:00\",\"description\":\"Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Buba Marwa has stated that drug abuse is most prevalent in Oyo and Lagos states.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2021\\\/10\\\/06\\\/lagos-oyo-are-epicentres-of-drug-abuse-in-nigeria-ndlea-chairman-marwa\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2021\\\/10\\\/06\\\/lagos-oyo-are-epicentres-of-drug-abuse-in-nigeria-ndlea-chairman-marwa\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2021\\\/10\\\/06\\\/lagos-oyo-are-epicentres-of-drug-abuse-in-nigeria-ndlea-chairman-marwa\\\/#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\\\/2021\\\/10\\\/06\\\/lagos-oyo-are-epicentres-of-drug-abuse-in-nigeria-ndlea-chairman-marwa\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Lagos, Oyo are epicentres of drug abuse in Nigeria &#8211; NDLEA chairman, Marwa\"}]},{\"@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":"Lagos, Oyo are epicentres of drug abuse in Nigeria - NDLEA chairman, Marwa","description":"Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Buba Marwa has stated that drug abuse is most prevalent in Oyo and Lagos states.","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\/2021\/10\/06\/lagos-oyo-are-epicentres-of-drug-abuse-in-nigeria-ndlea-chairman-marwa\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Lagos, Oyo are epicentres of drug abuse in Nigeria - NDLEA chairman, Marwa","og_description":"Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Buba Marwa has stated that drug abuse is most prevalent in Oyo and Lagos states. This was","og_url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/10\/06\/lagos-oyo-are-epicentres-of-drug-abuse-in-nigeria-ndlea-chairman-marwa\/","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":"2021-10-06T17:33:04+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\/2021\/10\/06\/lagos-oyo-are-epicentres-of-drug-abuse-in-nigeria-ndlea-chairman-marwa\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/10\/06\/lagos-oyo-are-epicentres-of-drug-abuse-in-nigeria-ndlea-chairman-marwa\/"},"author":{"name":"Sodiq Lawal Chocomilo","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/db8593431a99b3751c40316ba4b4a452"},"headline":"Lagos, Oyo are epicentres of drug abuse in Nigeria &#8211; NDLEA chairman, Marwa","datePublished":"2021-10-06T17:33:04+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/10\/06\/lagos-oyo-are-epicentres-of-drug-abuse-in-nigeria-ndlea-chairman-marwa\/"},"wordCount":260,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/10\/06\/lagos-oyo-are-epicentres-of-drug-abuse-in-nigeria-ndlea-chairman-marwa\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/08\/ify_davies\/2021\/08\/13\/NDLEA-1.jpg","keywords":["Buba Marwa","drug abuse","NDLEA","United Action for Change"],"articleSection":["Local News"],"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/10\/06\/lagos-oyo-are-epicentres-of-drug-abuse-in-nigeria-ndlea-chairman-marwa\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/10\/06\/lagos-oyo-are-epicentres-of-drug-abuse-in-nigeria-ndlea-chairman-marwa\/","url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/10\/06\/lagos-oyo-are-epicentres-of-drug-abuse-in-nigeria-ndlea-chairman-marwa\/","name":"Lagos, Oyo are epicentres of drug abuse in Nigeria - NDLEA chairman, Marwa","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/10\/06\/lagos-oyo-are-epicentres-of-drug-abuse-in-nigeria-ndlea-chairman-marwa\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/10\/06\/lagos-oyo-are-epicentres-of-drug-abuse-in-nigeria-ndlea-chairman-marwa\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/08\/ify_davies\/2021\/08\/13\/NDLEA-1.jpg","datePublished":"2021-10-06T17:33:04+00:00","description":"Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Buba Marwa has stated that drug abuse is most prevalent in Oyo and Lagos states.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/10\/06\/lagos-oyo-are-epicentres-of-drug-abuse-in-nigeria-ndlea-chairman-marwa\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/10\/06\/lagos-oyo-are-epicentres-of-drug-abuse-in-nigeria-ndlea-chairman-marwa\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/10\/06\/lagos-oyo-are-epicentres-of-drug-abuse-in-nigeria-ndlea-chairman-marwa\/#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\/2021\/10\/06\/lagos-oyo-are-epicentres-of-drug-abuse-in-nigeria-ndlea-chairman-marwa\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Lagos, Oyo are epicentres of drug abuse in Nigeria &#8211; NDLEA chairman, Marwa"}]},{"@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\/90224","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=90224"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90224\/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=90224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}