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Marwa Writes APC, Seeks Drug Integrity Test For Tinubu, Osinbajo, Others

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Mojisola Lawal
Chairman and Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Brig Gen Buba Marwa (rtd) has written a letter to the Chairman of the All Progressive Congress, APC, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, requesting that all aspirants contesting on the platform of the party including politicians seeking political offices in the country be subjected to drugs integrity tests.

Ahead of the 2023 presidential election, over fifteen aspirants have declared to vie for the APC presidential ticket.

Among the top contenders are Vice president Yemi Osinbajo, APC national leader, Asiwaju Tinubu, Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi, Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello and Minister of Labour, Chris Ngige and former Governor of Ogun state, Senator Ibikunle Amosun.

Marwa said that when it is the turn of PDP and other parties, to conduct its party primaries, he would also write the national chairman and request that operatives of NDLEA be allowed to conduct drugs integrity tests on politicians aspiring for higher offices.

The NDLEA boss who was speaking during the 1st quarter award ceremony of the agency in Abuja, explained that the drugs test is necessary to ensure that politicians vested with important national offices o not used budgetary allocations to go and buy cocaine or Methamphetamine instead of providing needed services for the masses.’