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Akinwande Soji-Ojo
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has disclosed that its operatives raided a lounge in Osogbo, the Osun State capital, where a night party organised for illicit substance abuse was scheduled to hold on Saturday, November 25, and arrested some of the organisers who were found with drug exhibits.
The NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, made the disclosure in a statement on, Sunday.
The anti-narcotics agency noted that the raid followed credible intelligence that some persons were going to hold a night party, tagged, ‘Unholy Alliance…for Stoners and Drunkards,’ where different types of illicit substances were going to be sold and consumed by patrons.
“Soon after the organisers began to gather at Berrymist Lounge located at the Ofatedo area of Osogbo to start the party, the NDLEA operatives swooped on them, arrested them and recovered illicit substances of abuse and drug paraphernalia from them.
“Those arrested include Ikotu Omolayo, 25; Fola Olabode, 30, and Akorede Adunni Ajibola, 22. The management of the Lounge has also been invited for further investigation.
“This comes on the heels of an earlier raid on Thursday, November 23, at Area 5 forest reserve, Ile-Ife where operatives recovered 156kgs of cannabis sativa,” he added.