FG approves N580m to acquire armoured vehicles for NDLEA

FG approves N580m to acquire armoured vehicles for NDLEA

The Federal Executive Council, FEC, on Wednesday approved N580.50 million for the purchase of four armoured vehicles for the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA.

THECONSCIENCEng reports that the Attorney-General of the Federation AGF and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, disclosed this while briefing State House correspondents at the end of the weekly Council meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari, at the Council Chamber, Presidential Villa, Abuja.

The AGF cited the recent feat by the agency when it busted a drug racket in Lagos, recovering N194bn worth of cocaine from an Ikorodu warehouse.

He noted that the recent gains on the war on drugs would prompt reprisal attacks on NDLEA from drug barons, hence the need for the vehicles.

He also said the federal government was “very happy” with the successes being recorded by the NDLEA whereby it arrested 18,940 suspects and secured 2,904 convictions between January and July 2022.

Malami while describing the development in detail, said the 14-seater vehicles would take 16 weeks to deliver in January 2023.