Crime
Monarch orders junkies, dreadlock wearers raided, flogged
The traditional ruler of the Okpoama Community of Brass Council Area of Bayelsa State, the Amayanabo of Okpoama Kingdom has ordered the raid on pill pads and corporeal punishment for the hoods in the community.
And King Emmanuel Ebitimi Banigo, Okpoama XXI’s chiefs have swung into action.
The community youths and chiefs, led by the Chairman of the Chiefs Council, Chief Inikio Sam Sele-Dede, while carrying out the directive of the monarch, demolished 14 drug peddling points and illicit drugs suspected to be cannabis, popularly known as Indian hemp. Also, benzos, cocaine, LSD and codeine were found and seized.
The spate of drug abuse and indecent dressing in the community led the monarch to giving the order.
Residents expressed excitement about the operation, which was carried out in the early hours of Sunday, May 1st.
Scores of youths with strange haircuts and saggy trousers were apprehended and their hair shaved.
The culprits were subjected to the cutting of hair and flogging.
Chief Inikio Sam Sele-Dede, said Okpoama has forbidden drug peddling and consumption, and anybody caught will be handed over to the law enforcement agents for prosecution.
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