The Anambra state commandant of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) , Mr. Sule Momodu has solicited for accelerated hearing of drug related cases in various courts to decongest number of drug suspects in prison custodies in the state .
He however attributed the successes recorded in the fight against illicit drug trafficking and abuse in the state to virile determination by men of the agency to rid the state of illicit drug trafficking.
Number of suspects arraigned in Federal High Courts in the state for 2014 are 395 , with 354 male and 41 female, as against 289 recorded in 2015 where 268 are men and 21 female.
Momodu, disclosed that the command got 28 conviction in 2014 as against 30 convictions recorded in 2015.
He lamented that the command surfer’s inadequate personnel to carry out effective prosecution exercise before various courts in the state, and call on government to improved funding and logistics facilities for the agency to delivered more on their constitutional mandate and further win the war against illicit drug trafficking.
Sule Momodu expressed hope that the command would not relent on its achievements in 2016 but build upon the recorded victories and surpass previous years records to ensure that drug trafficking and abuse is reduced to the barest minimum in the state.
