Drug: Over 800 Nigerians Await Execution in South Asia

No fewer than 800 Nigerians are currently awaiting execution in South Asian countries over drug related crimes.

Principal Staff Officer, Training, Media and Advocacy of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Imo State Command, Mr. Shehu Lamuwa, disclosed this at a one-day security sensitisation programme in Imo state.

He identified laws and norms favourable to drug uses, availability, accessibility as well as affordability of hard drugs, extreme poverty, political and economic instability as facilitators of the menace.
Other remote causes of the illness, according to him, are improper parenting, anti-social behaviours, early exposure to drug use especially among teenagers, among others.