Commander, Zone C of the NDLEA, Mohammed Malami, said the trending video clip was an attempt to sabotage the work of the anti-narcotics agency.
By Jeffrey Agbo
Chairman of Chanchaga Local Government in Niger State, Aminu Ladan, on Thursday appeared before the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) over a trending video clip of him encouraging young people to use the council secretariat to smoke weed.
Ladan told the NDLEA operatives that the video was doctored by people trying to scuttle his political career.
He said, “As a leader I will never make such a derogatory and inciting statement that will destroy the society rather than build it.
“The video clip on social media was doctored by my political rivals to achieve their selfish interest of destroying my political career.”
He appealed to the people of the state, especially residents of Chanchaga Local Government Area to remain calm and ignore the video.
The LG chairman urged members of the public to watch the full video clip to ascertain the truth.
Commander, Zone C of the NDLEA, Mohammed Malami, said that the trending video clip was embarrassing and an attempt to sabotage the work of the anti-narcotics agency.
“The video was disturbing, being that we are approaching the general elections.
“Also the Niger Command of the agency was commended twice recently by the Headquarters for ensuring drug demand reduction,” he said.
Malami appreciated the local government chairman for honouring the agency’s invitation to explain the content of the video.
Earlier, Haruna Kwetishe, the state NDLEA Commander, said that the command was extremely worried about the video clip encouraging young people to use the local government secretariat as a joint to smoke hemp.
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“When we saw the video it gave us concern and we invited the local government chairman for clarification.
“He has debunked the statement, saying that the video clip was doctored by some persons for their political interest.
“Therefore, his debunking of the allegation has settled our minds,” he said.
Kwetishe said that after reviewing the whole content of the video clip, it was clear that someone doctored it to achieve a particular purpose.
“We want members of the public to be careful with some of the video content on the social media.
“Some people may edit a video to indict someone, living the person with the burden of dispelling the rumour,” he said.
Kwetishe assured the people that the agency would continue to work towards eradicating illicit drugs in the state.
