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Folake Sokoya
The operatives of Rapid Response Squad of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested a man and his son for selling Tramadol and other hard drugs to primary and secondary school pupils in Itire, Lagos.
The father, Ibrahim Sheu and his 23 year old son, Franku Ibrahim, were arrested last Friday after the officials of the Office of Education and Quality Assurance, Lagos State, alerted the Rapid Response Squad officers about the incident.
The suspects, who are petty traders at a kiosk in the Adedeji Bus stop of the area were caught selling the drugs to school pupils. Some of the pupils were later interrogated and released to their parents.
The officials of the Ministry of Education, Lagos State on routine monitoring of schools around the area had gotten report of strange attitude of some of the school pupils in the area.
The curiosity led to the discovery of the traders selling tramadol and other hard drugs to some of the school pupils in the area.
Further investigations by Rapid Response Squad officials led to the confirmation of the report and arrest of both the father and son.
Recovered from the suspects were 72 pieces of Tramadol capsules, 28 tablets of Tramol and some other capsules.
The father, Ibrahim Sheu, who initially denied selling hard drugs to pupils, stated that it was his son that sold to the pupils whenever he was not around later confessed they both sold to pupils but added that they sold to adults too.
Commenting on the incident, the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Imohimi Edgal advised parents and guardians to always debrief their wards whenever they come back from school to know their activities in schools and the kind of friends they associate with.
Edgal added that the case would be thoroughly investigated and the prosecution monitored while the suspects have been transferred to the SCID for further investigation.
