Illicit Drug Dealers To Face Prosecution By NDLEA -Chairman, Edo TMB.
Illicit Drug Dealers To Face Prosecution By NDLEA -Chairman, Edo TMB. By: Our Correspondent The Chairman, Edo State Traditional Medicines Board, TMB, High Chief Abudu Godwin Ugbesia, JP, the Onagbonsoboleamen of Irrua Kingdom, has warned that any body found with illicit drugs under the guise of selling Herbal Medicines, (Agbo) will be handed over to the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, for prosecution and reprimand. The warning came on the heels of public outcry over the sale of illicit drugs by Agbo producers and sellers who most youths patronise, consume and become intoxicated, which eventually leads to mental disorder. Chief Ugbesia who addressed a mammoth crowded meeting of Agbo producers and sellers in a meeting that held at the conference hall of the Board, in Benin, today, Tuesday 21st August 2026, blamed the escalation of hard drugs in the hands of youths to the illegal activities of some Agbo sellers, who are not recognised members of Edo S...