Katsina State Records Highest Number of Drug Arrests – NBS

The Nigerian Bureau of Statistics in conjunction with the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency released the Drug related crime statistics from year 2010 – 2014.

NUMBER OF ARRESTS BY STATES

The report showed a total of 8,805 arrests were made. The states that had the highest number of arrests in 2014 are..

• Katsina – 609
• Kano – 503
• Bauchi – 471
• Lagos – 434
• Akwa Ibom- 401

TOTAL NUMBER OF DRUG CASES BY GEOPOLITICAL ZONE

The North West Geo-political Zone recorded the highest number of Drug cases in 2014, while North East recorded the lowest.

North East – 1,017

North Central – 1,416

North West – 2,261

South East – 1,136

South South – 1,314

South West – 1,682

NUMBER OFCONVICTIONS SECURED BY STATE

Kano secured the highest with a total of 182 convictions, followed by Kaduna with 151, while Lagos secured 125 convictions. Borno State secured the least with 2 convictions.

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