Mojisola Adeyeye, director-general of NAFDAC, disclosed this during a recent visit to the headquarters of the National Counter-terrorism Centre (NCTC) in Abuja.

Adeyeye said the agency will partner with the National Counter-terrorism Centre (NCTC) to fight drug abuse, alcoholism and chemical misuse associated with acts of terrorism.

In March, former President Muhammadu Buhari inaugurated the NCTC to provide the incoming administration with infrastructure to coordinate national security.

Adeyeye said the purpose of the visit to NCTC was to “strengthen the working partnership between the two agencies which have similar interests including but not limited to the fight against drug abuse, chemical misuse and alcoholism which have been traced as major contributors to acts of terrorism”.

She said the agency is committed to fighting illicit drug operations in the country, adding that “unless the user is not on planet earth, we can trace it”.

“We have global positioning systems that can pinpoint the medicine to the nearest location,” she said.

Speaking on unapproved chemical use, the director-general said officials of the agency busted peddlers of unauthorised chemicals in Lagos.

She said some suspects were arrested in connection with the crime.

“If it is restricted chemical, we have got to monitor it when it comes in; when moving it from one place to another NAFDAC also monitors that transfer because chemicals can be used to do many bad things,” she said.

“We are very stringent on regulatory management of chemicals which include inspection, testing and approval and post-approval surveillance.

“The fact that we have given someone licence does not mean we have to fold our arms. We have to keep checking to make sure that they are still abiding by regulations.”

She encouraged chemical, drug or food manufacturers to join a trade association so that information from the agency can reach them.

“Though we don’t insist that clients should join a particular association, they need to be part of one. Chemical manufacturers have an association and we have had a couple of stakeholders meetings,” she added.

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The agency, in a statement by its head of Public Affairs, Mitchell Ofoyeju disclosed that it had filed a motion on notice pursuant to order 26 rules 2(1), order 32 rule 1 and 4 (1) of the Fderal High Court civil procedure rules 2009, section 36 of the constitution of Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 as amended and under the inherent jurisdiction of the court.

The statement read in part: “The agency is seeking an order setting aside the Ruling and or Order(s) of this court delivered by Honourable Justice I. N. Buba on the 26th day of May 2015 having been made on erroneous facts in the absence of the Applicant/2nd Respondent. NDLEA is also seeking an order striking out the originating processes being incompetent as it relates to the 2nd Respondent.

“The grounds of the application are that there is a valid request for Extradition of the Respondent/Applicant to the United States of America to face trial over conspiracy and unlawful importation of heroin into the United States of America.

There is a valid and subsisting Provisional Warrant of Arrest for the arrest of the Respondent/Applicant. The suit in which the Court was moved to make an Order directing the Applicant/2nd Respondent to withdraw from the residence of the Respondent/Applicant was heard in contravention of the right of the Applicant/2nd Respondent to be heard in in the matter as it was never given the opportunity to defend himself.”

Meanwhile, a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, has adjourned to June 19, to hear the contempt proceedings initiated against the Attorney General of the Federation, AGF and NDLEA Chairman, Ahmadu Glade, by Prince Kashamu.

Trial judge, Justice Ibrahim Buba, who refused to make additional orders as requested by Kashamu’s lawyer, yesterday, after being told of a fresh purported extradition request served on Kashamu, noted that nothing should be done by parties to undermine the processes before the court.

The hearing of the application was stalled, yesterday due to claim by NDLEA lawyer, A. M. Sunday insistence that the agency was never served with the suit’s originating processes, as it was only the court’s order May 26, 2015, that was served on the NDLEA.

The judge had then ordered the NDLEA operatives to vacate Kashamu’s residence. The court also directed that the Nigerian Police Force, NPF, must be notified of the pending contempt proceedings before court and that the order must be published by the applicant in a national daily.

However, Justice Buba, in a bench ruling refused to make additional orders as was requested by Kashamu’s lawyer but ordered that nothing should be done by parties to undermine the processes before the court.

He said the court will adjourn the matter to allow all parties to be served with the necessary court’s processes.

“The matter before the court is that of committal and challenge to jurisdiction. I shall adjourn for the hearing of the applications on its merits,” the judge added

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