“Children, Secondary School students now being used as drug peddlers” – NDLEA warns parents

Parents have been called upon to be aware of the danger of turning their children into street urchins.

The call was made by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency NDLEA, Oyo State Command Public Relations Officer, Mutiat Okuwobi.

According to Okuwobi, under-aged street children are now being used in the sale of hard drugs.

She said, “In some areas you will find that street children are used to perpetrate sales of hard drugs; most of these children are under-aged.

“They don’t really start out by using the drugs but they help in selling it, especially marijuana or cannabis sativa. These children are supposed to be in school.”

The PRO further disclosed that the command have arrested some children abusing conventional drugs.

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She added that there had been reported cases of secondary school students in the state who indulge in hard drugs.

“We have some secondary schools around our command office at Onireke where students are involved in hard drugs and the authorities do call us for intervention.

“We have counseled some students and there is the need for continuous sensitisation among the students and that is what we do generally to stop the menace.” Okuwobi stressed.