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Osun village head, corps member arrested over illicit drugs

Osun village head, corps member arrested over illicit drugs

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have busted a head in Osun State, Ige Babatunde and a National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member, Yusuf Abdulrahman, for alleged possession of cannabis plants.

Babatunde was arrested by the NDLEA on July 5 with fresh cannabis plants weighing 5kg, according to a statement on Sunday by the agency’s spokesperson, Femi Babafemi.

Babafemi said that the head of Akarabata community in Ile-Ife, Osun State, Ba’ale Ige Babatunde, 50, was on Friday, July 5 arrested with fresh cannabis plants that weighed 5kg.

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He revealed that the Corps member, Yusuf Abdulrahman, 25, was caught with a load which weighed 1.250kg at a Corpers Lodge in Kano State.

According to him, operatives of the agency in Kano on Wednesday, July 3rd arrested Abdulrahman at Corpers Lodge, Sumaila area of the city with 1.250kg of Load.

Osun village head, corps member arrested over illicit drugs

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