26th May, 2024
By Kazeem Ugbodaga
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a Lagos freight agent, Sonubi Mariam Abiodun with eight parcels of cocaine hidden inside shea butter buckets.
A statement issued by NDLEA’s spokesman, Femi Babafemi on Sunday said NDLEA operatives at the NAHCO export shed of the Lagos Airport arrested Abiodun over her attempt to cargo the 2kg of cocaine in three shea butter buckets for export to the United Kingdom on Wednesday 22nd May.
Babafemi added that in another part of Lagos, precisely at Igbo Elerin in Ojo local government area, NDLEA officers on Tuesday, 21st May arrested a suspect, Odumegwu Obijo for producing and distributing skuchies, a mixture of black currant and illicit drugs.
He disclosed that no fewer than 2,480 litres of the New Psychoactive Substance, NPS, were recovered from his clandestine factory when he was arrested.
“In Cross River state, while Ogar Emmanuel, was arrested with 2.5kg of cannabis at Ukpada Utugwan village, 29 sacks of the same substance weighing 290kg were recovered from the warehouse of another suspect, Usani Ikpi, who is currently at large.
“Three suspects: Sa’adu Sule, 23; Mukhtar Nura, 23; and Hamza Nura, 18, were nabbed at Jabiri Funtua, Katsina state on Friday 24th May with 129 blocks of cannabis weighing 70kg coming from Ogere, Ogun state,” he said.
“No fewer than five suspects including: Ezekiel Munda, 30; and Sule Mustapha, 21, were arrested by NDLEA operatives on Thursday 23rd May during raids at Karu Abattoir, Jikwoyi and Tora Bora hill area of FCT, Abuja, where 95.01kg of cannabis and different quantities of opioids were recovered from them.
“In Edo state, operatives arrested a physically challenged notorious drug dealer, Zekere Sufianu, 45, at Auchi town on Wednesday 22nd May. At the time of his arrest, he was found with 751 grams of Loud, 178 grams of tramadol and pills of swinol,” he said.
While commending the officers and men of the NDLEA, Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the agency, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) equally applauded their counterparts in all the commands across the country for intensifying their WADA advocacy lectures.