There was drama on the floor of the senator on Tuesday as Senator Kawu Sumaila (Kano South) alleged that many of his colleagues at the National Assembly were involved in drug abuse while carrying out their official duties.
Sumaila made this declaration while contributing to a debate on a Bill to establish the National Institute for Drug Awareness and Rehabilitation on the floor during plenary.
He alleged that most of his colleagues possessed hard drugs and kept them in their various constituency offices and homes.
He also claimed that majority of the senators have ties with drug dealers.
Sumaila said: “As I am speaking now, most of our offices in our constituencies, most of our political offices in our constituencies, most of our houses, when you go there, you will find out that there is a mountain of drugs and there are drug dealers in our offices and in our houses. All in our houses.”
Sumaila also said he knows some senior politicians supporting drug dealers in carrying out their illegal activities.
“I can take you to some of the political leaders who are in so many ways contributing or supporting drug abusers in Nigeria. Therefore, Mr. President, we need to be serious.
“If we are talking, we need to understand, we are all one here. We need to fight it from our own side. We need to be serious. Let us go for test and see who and who are not”.
Sumaila challenged his colleagues to swear with the Qur’an and the Bible that they did not encourage drug abuse during their electioneering campaigns.
Sumaila said: “Let us ask ourselves during our campaigns, what are we doing with the so-called youth? How many of us can swear with Quran or Bible that in any way they are not supporting drug abusers in their constituency?
“I am happy if all of us can swear with Holy Quran that they are not in any way in support of drug abusers or interacting with youth in their constituency to take drugs because of their political interests,” he added.
He advocated for drug tests for politicians before contesting elections and assumption of political offices.
