HURIWA Warns against Blackmailing Marwa in Drug War

Alex Enumah in Abuja

Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA),has raised the alarm over alleged plot by a highly placed government official to blackmail and tarnish the reputation of the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brig. Gen. Mohammed Buba Marwa (rtd).
It said the sole purpose was to derail the gains so far made in the country’s  renewed efforts to tackle the twin problem of substance abuse and illicit drug trafficking.

HURIWA claimed that by virtue of its network with diverse stakeholders, it became aware of the alleged plan which was at the stage of forum shopping for any dirt to blackmail the NDLEA boss.

National Coordinator of HURIWA, Comrade Emmanuel Onwubiko, in a statement yesterday claimed that as a responsible citizen, a civil rights activist and one who had supported Nigeria’s renewed efforts to wrestle the country, and youths from the menace of substance abuse and illicit drug trafficking, he has a duty to raise the alarm whenever he saw a satanic plot to derail the gains so far made.

Onwubiko observed that the motive behind the purported blackmail was mere rabid obsession, aimed at tarnishing the image of Marwa by any means and at all costs before President Bola Tinubu and Nigerians, who had shown interest and trust in the capacity of the NDLEA boss to deliver on his given assignment.

“We are by this statement alerting Mr. President, Marwa himself, who may not be aware of this and the Nigerian public to this evil plot from the pit of hell. We are also using this medium to warn the top official behind this plot that we will not hesitate to publicly name him and expose his evil agenda against the Nigerian State he has been appointed to protect.

“If you’re given a sensitive national assignment to do, please get busy with that and let Mr. President and Nigerians see the results. That way, you won’t be feeling threatened of losing your job to another person because of the President’s consistent insistence of relieving non-performers.

“We will resist attempts to use the privilege and resources of your office to engage in forum shopping for things to tarnish the image of those busy doing their given assignments. And when they cannot find any, then they resort to manufacturing lies to blackmail,” Onwubiko said.