Kwara South Senator, Oyelola Ashiru, has said he does not consume hard drugs and cannot differentiate cannabis from other illicit hard substances.
Mr Ashiru said this during plenary on Tuesday while addressing his colleagues on the allegation of harbouring drug dealers and promoting use of hard drugs leveled against him by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).
On Monday, the anti-drug agency claimed it found hard drugs and other illicit substances when it raided the Ilorin home of Mr Ashiru in February, 2023.
The agency was responding to Mr Ashiru’s claim that it was ineffective and had become compromised in its duty. The senator made the claim last week during the debate on the bill to establish the National Institute for Drug Awareness and Rehabilitation.
Olaitan Adeyanju, a legislative aide to the senator in a statement on Monday, confirmed that the anti-drug agency raided the Ilorin residence of his principal but insisted that the agency did not find…