Imo State Government has declared total war against those who take illicit drugs and those who sell to them such deadly drugs, and the essence of this action is to save the future of the young ones and the generation yet unborn.

The governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha who gave the hints on how the government would wage this war against illicit drugs and other related matters in the State said any building where any of these illicit drugs is sold will be demolished by the government and the owner will equally be made to face the wrath of the law.

The governor has already set up a high-powered taskforce on illicit drugs and other related matters in the State and the Taskforce is headed by an experienced Legal Practitioner, Barr. Mrs. Ijeoma Igboanusi, and her Committee has been charged to work in collaboration with the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in the State to fish out the takers and sellers of these illicit drugs for the necessary actions to be taken.

Speaking at the Government House while receiving Chairman and members of the Taskforce, the governor said, this generation and the generation yet unborn must be saved from destruction. His words “Let me congratulate the Taskforce on illicit drugs and to encourage them on the risk ahead.

We will fund this taskforce very well to be sure they lack nothing in the course of executing their job. We shall convert the Cultural Centre in Orlu as a rehabilitation Centre and the one in Okigwe shall be called the Drug Rehabilitation Centre”. The governor added “The society is finished.