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Ondo Traditional Ruler Arrested For Cultivating Cannabis Farm
The traditional ruler of Kajola, a border community between Ondo and Edo state, Baale Akinola Adebayo has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA.
In a statement on Sunday by Femi Babafemi, Director, Media & Advocacy of the agency, it was revealed that the traditional ruler was arrested in connection with three cannabis farms measuring 39.801546 hectares.
The statement added that NDLEA officers in the early hours of Friday 10th March, stormed Kajola forest in Kajola community where they destroyed three cannabis farms measuring 39.801546 hectares.
He added that the owner of the farms who claims to be the Ba’ale of Kajola, Akinola Adebayo, 35, was arrested on the farm at 2:30am.
Also two other suspects believed to be his workers: Arikuyeri Abdulrahman, 23 and Habibu Ologun, 25, were also nabbed in a hut near the farms.