Abuja, Nigeria – E be like say President Bola Ahmed Tinubu don carry chance go round again for Brigadier-General (rtd) Mohammed Buba Marwa. Na im be the new king of the drug-fighting arena as him don get another five years as Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). If you check well, na 2031 we go still dey hear him name for dis matter.
Marwa first enter the NDLEA palace January 2021, courtesy of former President Muhammadu Buhari. E be like say Tinubu sabi wetin him dey do because this reappointment no be small thing o! Bayo Onanuga, wey be Special Adviser to the President for Information and Strategy, drop di announcement for us on November 14, 2025. Na so we dey go!
For those wey no sabi, Marwa dey hail from Adamawa State and him military resume no be play play. He don serve as military governor for both Lagos and Borno States. Na him even dey among the big boys wey pass through the Nigerian Military School and the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), so you fit talk say dem no fit carry him joke.
After him commissioning as second lieutenant for 1973, Marwa don put hand for plenty places. He be Brigade Major of the 23 Armoured Brigade and even Aide-de-Camp to the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant-General Theophilus Danjuma. Talk about diplomatic roles, he also don carry work go Washington, DC and UN. Talk about serious kele close gree!
If you check his academic side, you go see say this man don’t do plenty tori. He get postgraduate degrees from University of Pittsburgh and Harvard University. If na education matter, Marwa na correct example.
Now, under him watch, NDLEA don catch over 73,000 drug dealers and don seize over 15 million kilogrammes of drugs. (No be joke! Na serious work!) Dem don also dey run nationwide campaigns wey dey fight drug abuse. President Tinubu even yan say the man sabi wetin him dey do and him dey show confidence. “Your reappointment be vote of confidence in your efforts to rid our country of the menace of drug trafficking and drug abuse,” na wetin Tinubu talk last last.
No be only to catch the bad guys Marwa dey do alone; he also need to build on the work wey him don do since wey be say e don make big strides in drug enforcement. No be easy position to carry, but as dem say, when dem give you duty, na because dem believe you fit do am.
We dey expect plenty action from Marwa and him team as dem continue this fight against drugs wey don scatter plenty families and future for this our obodo Nigeria.
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