The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says Senator Oyelola Yisa Ashiru, deputy majority leader of the senate, is bad-mouthing it because dr
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says Senator Oyelola Yisa Ashiru, deputy majority leader of the senate, is bad-mouthing it because drugs were allegedly found in his home.
Last week, Ashiru who represents Kwara south, said the agency is the most corrupt and compromised government agency in the country and there is a need to establish a new organisation to curb drug addiction and trafficking.
The senator was contributing to a debate on a bill seeking to establish an institute for drug awareness and rehabilitation.
But Femi Babafemi, NDLEA’s director of media, said Ashiru’s outburst was because of his grouse with the agency.
“The personal house of the senator in GRA Ilorin, the capital of Kwara State, had been raided in recent past, where drugs and illicit substances were recovered while two of his aides: Ibrahim Mohammed and Muhammed Yahaya were arrested,” Babafemi said.
“Based on credible intelligence and surveillance which confirmed that the senators house was being used as a drug joint for drug dealers and users, the house was raided by our operatives at 1:30pm on February 4, 2024 during which the two aides were arrested, while a third suspect escaped arrest.
“So, going by this backstory, it is deductible that these encounters that the Agency has had with the senator, must have been responsible for his outburst, and unfortunately, false allegation, the type that nobody within and outside of government has ever levelled against NDLEA before.
“Against the background of our encounter with people linked to him, we are wont to believe that Senator Ashiru’s invectives against NDLEA were borne out of vendetta and not any opinion made in the public interest.”
