Mr Friday Ohiuna, a suspected Indian Hemp cultivator has revealed that he went into the business of cultivating the drug so as to enable him offset the bills of his mother-in-law’s burial.
Speaking with journalists, he disclosed he has only been in the business for three years.
“I started cannabis cultivation so as to raise money in preparation for the burial of my mother-in-law who is very old but my hope has been dashed.
“I have been cultivating cannabis for the past three years but thieves did not allow me to enjoy the fruit of my labour. The 177kg was all that was left and now NDLEA has come to carry the leftover,” he said.
Another suspect arrested and paraded by the Edo state NDLEA boss was Mr Friday Ohmai who said that a friend introduced him to the business after he had a fatal accident.
He said:“I am a driver but after I had an accident, I relocated to the village where I was introduced into cannabis cultivation by a friend. The drug found with me was all that I harvested as I could not sell before my arrest.”