A 300-level university student, Rhoda Agboje, and her boyfriend, Ifeanyi Nwankwo, have been arrested by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), for producing and selling cookies spiked with drugs to school children and members of the public in Abuja.
The Director of Media & Advocacy NDLEA in Abuja, Mr Femi Babafemi stated this in a press briefing in Abuja.
“Their lid was blown open following the arrest of Rhoda Agboje with four pieces of the drug cookies on Sunday, 18th April 2021,” he said.
“She was arrested at the NNPC Cooperative Estate, opposite Gaduwa Estate in Abuja based on a complaint that she gave a young girl the cookies to eat, after eating the cookies, the girl lost her mind and could not sleep, making incoherent utterances due to the effects of the cookies.”
NDLEA is also in pursuit of another member of the syndicate involved in producing the cookies with a highly psychoactive variant of Cannabis, Arizona, Alcohol and Rohypnol among other ingredients.
He further stated that “under interrogation, the prime suspect, Rhoda confessed she prepares the cookies with a friend and sells each pack of three pieces at N1,500.”
“A follow-up operation in her boyfriend’s house led to the recovery of over 200 pieces of the drug-spiked cookies,” he added.
Mohammed Malami Sokoto, the NDLEA Commander in FCT stated that, “the suspect confirmed that she sells at parties and to unsuspecting members of the public, including school children that are the most vulnerable. The suspect also supplies to some supermarkets and clubs in the FCT.”
“The boyfriend, of the suspect, Ifeanyi Nwankwo, and all the equipment used for the production of the cookies, were brought to the office for further investigation,” he said.
The Chief Executive of the NDLEA, Brig. General Mohammed Buba Marwa (Retd) commended the officers for a job well done.
“I wish to draw the attention of parents to this new devious strategy to get children addicted to drug cookies and to urge them to remain vigilant while monitoring what their wards bring home from school or consume as a snack,” he said.
