A Kwara State Senator, Oyelola Ashiru, has debunked a drug possession claim levied against him by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), News About Nigeria reports.
In a statement issued and signed by his Legislative Aide, Olaitan Adeyanju, the senator described the claims as wrong and fallacious.
Recall that the NDLEA had alleged that Senator Ashiru’s house in Ilorin, Kwara State, was raided and illicit drugs were found.
The allegation followed Senator Ashiru’s declaration on the Senate floor that the NDLEA was corrupt.
Reacting to this, Ashiru maintained that the allegations indicting him as having illicit drugs were false.
The statement by his legal aide noted that for the NDLEA to wait for the senator’s observation on the floor of the Senate before making its spurious allegations means it is just fishing for justification.
The statement reads, “We find it preposterous and mere fishing for justification that NDLEA had to wait for the senator’s observation on the floor of the Senate before making its spurious allegations.
“As a matter of fact, Senator Ashiru never employed any aid bearing Ibrahim Mohammed and Mohammed Yahaya as bandied by NDLEA.
“The agency claimed that its operatives visited the senator’s Ilorin house and found nothing incriminating. The entire house was searched, and nothing incriminating was found. If any drugs were found on certain persons mentioned by the NDLEA, it is rational to ask at which court of law were the culprits charged?
“It is also important to state that Senator Ashiru has not sent any aide to the NDLEA to influence the dropping of drug allegations against anyone known as Tosin Odepidian. Indeed, all the names mentioned by the agency are strange, and none works directly or indirectly with Senator Ashiru.
“The NDLEA has the duty to take anyone suspected of drug dealing to court rather than name-calling and engaging in media trial.
“This clarification aims to set the record straight and address the misleading information circulated by the NDLEA.
“It is an open secret that many criminals, cultists, armed robbers and drug addicts find their way back into business after gratifying law enforcement officers. The NDLEA ought to search its house and fish out bad eggs rather than seeking cheap publicity!
“Senator Ashiru remains committed to serving the people of Kwara South and upholding the truth at all times in the search for strict professionalism among our law enforcement agencies.”
