Efforts to mobilise more support for the ongoing war against illicit drug trafficking and abuse in the country received a boost from the Armed Forces on Thursday when the Chief of Defence Staff, General Leo Irabor, and the service chiefs met with Chairman/Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd), IgbereTV reports.
According to a statement by the NDLEA’s spokesman, Femi Babafemi, Gen. Marwa led a team of his management officers to pay the service chiefs an advocacy visit at their headquarters in Abuja.
While meeting with the Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Marwa commended the Armed Forces for their sacrifice, patriotism and gallantry to keep the nation safe and secure.
He expressed the agency’s appreciation for the collaboration and support from the military.
Marwa added that the visit was to seek more ways to strengthen the existing partnership with the armed forces