Police to arrest youths consuming poisonous leaf as delicacy in Kebbi
The Kebbi state Police Command has warned youths against preparing and consuming poisonous leaf as delicacy during marriages and other sundry ceremonies in the state.
Commissioner of Police in the state, Agunbiade Oluyemi- Lasore, gave the warning in a statement signed by the command’s Public Relations Officer, Nafi’u Abubakar, in Birnin Kebbi on Monday.
The statement lamented the high rate at which youths were dying as a result of the consumption of the poisonous leaf called ‘Babbajiji’ during marriages and other social ceremonies in the state.
“The Kebbi state Police Command hereby, warns members of the general public to desist from using the poisonous leaf in preparing their delicacy for any gathering in the state.
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” Anybody caught would be arrested and prosecuted according to the law,” the commissioner said.
The ‘Babbajiji’ leaf is suspected to be used by the youth as a form of hard drug, but its consumption is capable of causing death to the user.
