6,000 Nigerians in foreign jails over drug offences

Na waoh, all these our brothers and boyfriends abroad, please you don't have to indulge in these shameful acts to 'make it'

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ABUJ A — Director-General, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Mr Femi Ajayi, weekend,  said over 6,000 Nigerians were serving various jail terms across the globe for drug related offences.
Ajayi told the Abike Dabiri-Erewa-led House of Representatives Committee on Diaspora Matters in Abuja that Nigeria had more of its nationals in prisons outside the country than any other African country.
Ajayi who listed some of the countries as Iran 4,000, Brazil 500, Thailand 500, Malaysia 300, said the list was more than that “but that was what we have for now.”
He said the bulk of those caught for drug related offences outside the country were from the South-East with majority coming from Anambra State.
“I don’t know what we can do about the large number of our brothers from the South-East who indulge in this illicit business. Can you believe that of the 500 Nigerians in Thailand prisons, 480 of them are from the South-East and 450 from it are from Anambra State?”


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