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By David Odama
The Senator representing Kwara South, Senator Oyelola Ashiru has disowned two of his aids over allegations of drug allegation by the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency, (.
Recalled that NDLEA had alleged on Monday during a press briefing in Abuja that it conducted a raid at the residence of the lawmaker in Ilorin, the state capital.
However, he asserted that the agency did not uncover any hard drugs or other illegal substances during the operation.
.Responding to the accusations in a statement issued by Senator Ashiru’s legislative aide, Olaitan Adeyanju, described the accusation by NDLEA as unfounded, wrong, misguided and misleading attempt to smear the reputation of senator Ashiru because of his remarks against NDLEA.
According to the statement which emphasised the absurdity of the timing, suggesting that the NDLEA’s actions were a misguided attempt to retaliate against the senator’s remarks emphasised the absurdity of the timing, suggesting that the NDLEA’s actions were a misguided attempt to retaliate against the senator’s remarks
According to the statement, “The agency claimed that it operatives visited the senator’s house in Ilorin and found nothing incriminating. The entire house was searched, and nothing incriminating was found. If any drugs were found on certain persons mentioned by the NDLEA, it is rational to ask at which court of law were the culprits charged?
“It is also important to state that Senator Ashiru has not sent any aide to the NDLEA to influence the dropping of drug allegations against anyone known as Tosin Odepidian. Indeed, all the names mentioned by the agency are strange, and none works directly or indirectly with Senator Ashiru.
“The NDLEA has the duty to take anyone suspected of drug dealing to court rather than name-calling and engaging in media trial.
“This clarification has become neccesary to set the record straight and address the misleading information circulated by the NDLEA. It is an open secret that many criminals, cultists, armed robbers and drug addicts find their way back into business after gratifying law enforcement officers. The NDLEA ought to search its house and fish out bad eggs rather than seeking cheap publicity!
“Senator Ashiru remains committed to serving the people of Kwara South and upholding the truth at all times in the search for strict professionalism among our law enforcement agencies,” Adeyanju added.
The statement clarified that Senator Ashiru had never employed any aides named Ibrahim Mohammed or Mohammed Yahaya, names mentioned by the NDLEA in their allegations.
