The bags of the illicit substances weighed eight tons and carried the names of some political parties on them.
Parading the suspect and the seized items in Zaria, the state NDLEA Commander, Mr Samuel Azigi, said that his men have been on the trail of the suspect, following an intelligent report of his involvement in the illicit business.
According to Samuel Azigi, the suspects were caught on February 7, 2015 when his men raided a building suspected to be his house at Kakau village, along Abuja -Kaduna Road, where they discovered the bags of marijuana in all the rooms and also in an empty soak away in the compound.
The Commander disclosed that the seizure was the largest from the northern region since the establishment of the agency, putting the highest seizure within the region to 3 tons. He expressed worry that the illicit drugs were meant to be distributed to political thugs within the week of the rescheduled presidential election.
While calling on politicians to avoid using youths as political thugs during campaigns, the NDLEA Commander also appealed to parents to always monitor the activities of their children.
He also appealed to the State Government to assist the agency with more logistics, particularly patrol vehicles, in order to cover the state more effectively.
The suspect, Ejiro Kehinde, from Edo State, who has lived in Kaduna since 2011, confessed that he was pushed into the illicit business out of frustration. Ejiro also said that the 780 bags of marijuana are worth over N19 million while the illegal business has remained the only means of survival for his family.
He told reporters how he purchases the substances from Edo State for onward delivery to his numerous customers scattered all over the country."
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