Elders becoming more visible in drug trade in Nigeria, other West African countries
Adults aged 50 and over are becoming more visible in West African drug operations, although data availability and official understandings of this phenomenon vary across states.’ Besides Nigeria, Mr Babafemi said drug syndicates were increasingly deploying elderly couriers across porous land borders and informal maritime routes in the rest of West Africa.
In West Africa, elder involvement in the drug trade, which mirrors Boko Haram’s targeting of women for arms and drug smuggling and violence, raises questions about motivations and driving factors.
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