NDLEA slams two Lagos businessmen with drug trafficking charges

By Akin Kuponiyi

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has filed a three-count charge of conspiracy and drug trafficking against two Lagos businessmen, Ejike Okolo and Uchendu Abel Chukwuka.

In the charge marked FHC/L/516C/25, filed before a Federal High Court in Lagos by a team of NDLEA prosecutors—B.S. Abdullahi, M.I. Erondu, and J.O. Negedu, the defendants were accused of conspiring on or about 16 March 2025 in Lagos State to traffic 118.5 kilogrammes of cannabis sativa, a narcotic drug similar to cocaine, heroin, and LSD.

The prosecution alleged that the offence is contrary to and punishable under Section 14(b) of the NDLEA Act, Cap N30, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004 (as amended in 2024).

It was further alleged that the defendants, on the same date and location, also conspired to traffic 100 grams of Molly (MDMA – Methylenedioxy-Methamphetamine), a psychotropic substance similar to cocaine, heroin, and LSD, in violation of the same section of the NDLEA Act.

In addition, Okolo, 38, and Chukwuka, 31, were accused of managing the transportation and delivery of 128 kilogrammes of cannabis sativa without lawful authority, an offence contrary to Section 20(1)(a)&(g) and punishable under Section 20(2)(c) of the NDLEA Act, Cap N30, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004.

The matter has been fixed for arraignment on 25 September 2025, while the trial is scheduled to commence on 3 and 4 November 2025.