Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa (retd.), emphasized that securing convictions without seizing the financial proceeds of drug trafficking is insufficient to defeat organized crime.
Delivering a presentation at the 43rd Cambridge International Symposium on Economic Crime in the United Kingdom, Marwa argued that criminal assets must be lawfully recovered to prevent syndicates from regrouping.
Marwa outlined the NDLEA's strategic asset-recovery framework, governed by the Proceeds of Crime Act 2022 and Money Laundering Act 2022.
He highlighted the recent non-conviction-based forfeiture and subsequent $4.2 million sale of the Hook Hotel—linked to a fleeing suspect—as an example of depriving fugitives of illicit gains.
He noted that these financial recovery measures are now institutionalized within Nigeria's National Drug Control Master Plan 2026–2030.
"A trafficker who loses his liberty but retains his fortune has not truly been defeated. His wealth can finance another operation, support his associates and sustain the criminal enterprise." — Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa (retd.), NDLEA Chairman
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