The NDLEA is investigating the video for
the display of a substance suspected to be hard drugs. It was gathered
the award winning pop star might be invited for questioning by the panel
if need be.
According to Director of Public Affairs
of the NDLEA, Mr. Mitchell Ofoyeju, who spoke to Punch Newspapers, the
investigative panel has commenced work since the release of the video
weeks ago. “I am aware that a panel is working on it (the video). The
panel was set up soon after the video was released few weeks ago”, he
said.
Speaking further, the NDLEA spokesperson
said, “when our attention was drawn to it, we viewed it and we
discovered that it was improper. There is no moral lesson in it and he
was just advertising drug trafficking.”
“In the video, he exchanged a brief case
supposedly containing narcotics for dollars. He was displaying
affluence in the video. If it (the plot) had climaxed in an arrest and
possible detention, we would have congratulated him for partnering with
us. But the way he portrayed drug trafficking in the video was a means
to an end, which the end is a life of affluence which we disagree with”,
he added.
On making a judgment on the video,
Otufoyeju said, “we are looking at the issue holistically. We believe
that there should be a body that was supposed to censor videos before
they go out. Those are the things we want to investigate and verify. Was
the video submitted for approval? If it was submitted, why was it
approved, with such content?”
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