She looked cheerful but shy and carried her lean frame gingerly as if afraid she might fall down any minute. Her cheeks were slightly sunken, making her cheekbones prominent. She clutched a fairly weathered handbag. Her open neck Ankara blouse revealed sharp shoulder blades, a sign that she was not feeding well.
Most shops in the market have been under lock and keys in the last four months, in compliance to the Nigeria Army authority, banning sales and consumption of illicit drugs and substances at the market.
The Kano State Commander of the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Hamza Umar, on Thursday said his officers had raided and cleared five major drug joints in the metropolis.
