The Imo government has concluded arrangements to demolish all buildings where Indian hemp and other hard drugs are sold in the state in 2012.
The Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Prof. Anthony Anwuka, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Owerri yesterday that the action became necessary because of the link between youths’ consumption of drugs and crimes in the state, especially armed robbery and kidnapping.
Any landlord who allows illicit drug peddlers to use his house for their nefarious business should be ready to bear the brunt of being an accomplice.
“We have issued a lot of warnings in the past and actions will soon begin.’’
The SSG re-echoed similar warning earlier handed down to traditional rulers in the state that any of them in whose domain kidnappers operated freely would be dethroned.