Trending hemp video: NDLEA summons LG boss in Niger

• Published date: 19 January 2023
• Publication title: Nigeria - The Nation

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has invited a local government chairman in Niger alleged to be encouraging young people to engage in drugs.

In a video trending online, the council chairman was allegedly shown to be telling a group of young people to use the premises of the local government secretariat whenever they want to smoke Indian hemp.

Mr Haruna Kwetishe, the state Commander, NDLEA, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Minna on Thursday that the agency had extended an invitation to the chairman.

'We have written to the local government council chairman inviting him over a viral video clip trending on social media.

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