Breaking: President Tinubu Reinstates Gen. Marwa As NDLEA Chairman

President Bola Tinubu has officially reappointed Brigadier-General Mohammed Buba Marwa (rtd) as Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for an additional five-year term.

The announcement was made on Friday by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy. With this renewal, the Adamawa-born former military officer will continue to lead the NDLEA until 2031.

President Tinubu praised Marwa’s tenure, highlighting his notable achievements, including the arrest of 73,000 drug traffickers and barons, and the seizure of over 15 million kilograms of various hard drugs. He also commended the nationwide campaigns launched under Marwa’s leadership to combat drug abuse.

“Your reappointment is a vote of confidence in your tireless efforts to rid our country of drug trafficking and abuse. I urge you to continue relentlessly pursuing those who seek to destroy our people, especially the youth,” Tinubu said.

Marwa was first appointed NDLEA Chairman by President Muhammadu Buhari in January 2021, after serving as Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee for the Elimination of Drug Abuse from 2018 to 2020.

A former military governor of Lagos and Borno States, Marwa is an alumnus of the Nigerian Military School and the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA). Commissioned as a second lieutenant in 1973, his distinguished military career includes roles such as brigade major of the 23 Armoured Brigade, Aide-de-Camp (ADC) to the Chief of Army Staff, academic registrar of the NDA, Deputy Defence Adviser in Washington, DC, and Defence Adviser to Nigeria’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations.

Marwa also holds two postgraduate degrees: a Master of Public and International Affairs from the University of Pittsburgh (1983–85) and a Master of Public Administration from Harvard University (1985–86).