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A fisherman in Bayelsa State has admitted selling cannabis in order to support the welfare of his three wives and five children. Yoto Seibokuro, 27, according to the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC),was arrested in the city of Yenagoa last month for dealing in cannabis.
He and six other suspects - three men and three women - were paraded before journalists with the drugs allegedly found in their possession, including a 14.4kilogram haul found at the home of a suspect who said it belonged to an unnamed friend.
Seibokuro is reported as saying he started selling drugs two years ago to augment his income.
"My income from fishing was no longer sufficient to take care of my large family," he said.
Two other suspects in the custody of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) also said they only started selling cannabis when they got into financial difficulty.
"I pray God to give me good business to leave this drug business," said the civil engineer, Simon Obru.
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