NDLEA Boss Marwa Vows Tougher Crackdown on Drug Traffickers
The Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (retd.), has warned drug barons and trafficking networks of an intensified crackdown under his second tenure.
Marwa, reappointed by President Bola Tinubu for another five-year term on Friday, November 14, 2025, delivered the warning while addressing NDLEA staff and operatives who gathered at the agency’s National Headquarters in Abuja.
The announcement was signed by Femi Babafemi, Director of Media & Advocacy, NDLEA Headquarters, on Saturday, November 15, 2025.
“This second tenure is going to be hell and bleak for them. Drugs shall not pass, in or out or within Nigeria,” Marwa declared.
He also thanked God, the President, NDLEA personnel, and partners for their continued support in the fight against drug abuse.
Urging traffickers and cannabis cultivators to abandon illegal activities, Marwa highlighted the NDLEA’s Alternative Development Unit as a pathway to legitimate livelihoods.
He warned, “Those who refuse to do that can be sure that the NDLEA is up and able on its task of law enforcement. You will be arrested, the drugs will be seized, and your assets will be confiscated. So, you come out from jail, there will be nothing left.”
Reaffirming the agency’s mandate, Marwa said, “I said very clearly that NDLEA will be feared by the drug cartels. And that’s just the beginning.”
He also announced plans to expand NDLEA’s rehabilitation efforts, saying, “We are rededicating our efforts towards prevention, sensitisation, counselling, treatment, and rehabilitation of our children in our 30 centres,” he said, adding that seven new centres will be delivered under the 2025 budget, ensuring “every state will have its own rehab centre.”
He also praised collaboration with the Ministers of Health and Education, noting approval for “drug tests for students on admission into tertiary institutions” to prevent addiction early.
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