The Senator representing Kwara South Senatorial District, Oyelola Ashiru has refuted what he described as wrong and fallacious impressions created by the NDLEA in its press statement issued on 21 October 21, disowning a culprit associated with him.
The Pinpointnews reports that the NDLEA claimed to have raided Senator Ashiru’s residence in Ilorin, Kwara State, where illicit drugs were allegedly discovered.
This accusation follows Senator Ashiru’s declaration on the Senate floor that the NDLEA is corrupt.
The Senator in a statement signed by his Legislative Aide, Olaitan Adeyanju, said he found it incredible and mere fishing for justification that NDLEA had to wait for the senator’s observation on the floor of the Senate before making its spurious allegations.
“Senator Ashiru never employed any aid bearing Ibrahim Mohammed and Mohammed Yahaya as bandied by NDLEA.
“The agency claimed that its operatives visited the senator’s Ilorin house 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 the culprits were charged.
“It is also essential 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 must take anyone suspected of drug dealing to court rather than name-calling and engaging in media trials.
“This clarification aims 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 rotten eggs rather than seeking cheap publicity,” the statement said.
Senator Ashiru said he remained committed to serving the people of Kwara South and upholding the truth at all times in the search for strict professionalism among law enforcement agencies.
