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NDLEA arrests two grandfathers selling drugs to students in Abia

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has arrested two elderly men, aged 84 and 75, for allegedly selling illicit drugs to secondary school students in Umuahia, Abia State. The two men, described as grandfathers, were identified as Pa John Ofiel, 84, and another elderly suspect, 75 years old. They were arrested following credible intelligence that they were involved in drug peddling targeting students in the area. According to reports, the suspects were supplying drugs to secondary school students, raising serious concerns about the exposure of young people to illegal substances and the involvement of elderly individuals in such criminal activities. NDLEA operatives have been conducting raids across the country to crack down on drug trafficking networks. The arrests come as part of a nationwide crackdown on illicit drug trade that has resulted in the seizure of skunk and other narcotic […]

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NDLEA arrests 93 year old man and doctor in nationwide drug raids

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has arrested a 93 year old man, a 69 year old medical doctor and several others in a nationwide crackdown on drug cartels. NDLEA Director of Media and Advocacy Femi Babafemi said the intelligence led operations were carried out across multiple states. In Abia State, operatives arrested 93 year old Pa Friday Ahukanna Chigbu at his home, where they recovered 7.7kg of cannabis, also known as skunk. He reportedly admitted that he had used the drug for a long time before turning it into a business. At Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano, NDLEA officers arrested an Ivorian, Gohouri Michael, with 1.49kg of cocaine. A follow up operation led to the arrest of a 69 year old doctor, Chudi Daniel Ofomata, in Ogun State, where more drugs were seized from him. In another operation […]

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NDLEA foils bid to ship opioids, meth abroad via Lagos airport

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has stopped several attempts by drug trafficking groups to export methamphetamine and opioids hidden in carton walls, winter jackets and body cream containers through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport and a courier company in Lagos.​ NDLEA spokesperson Femi Babafemi said two drug consignments to Italy were intercepted at the Lagos airport and two suspects linked to them were arrested. One suspect, 37 year old Friday Ehianuka, who lives in Milan, was caught while trying to board an Ethiopian Airlines flight to Rome with 2,698 tramadol 225mg pills concealed in body cream containers in his luggage. He confessed he was to be paid in euros if he successfully delivered the drugs.​ In another operation at the Lagos airport departure hall, operatives arrested 38 year old Christian Agbonhese, also a Milan resident, who was about to […]

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NDLEA nabs China bound trader with 95 cocaine wraps at Kano airport

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have arrested a 62 year old Lagos based businessman, Nwabueze Nicholas Izueke, at Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport for ingesting 95 wraps of cocaine.​ He was intercepted on January 31, 2026 during outward clearance for an Ethiopian Airlines flight from Kano to China via Addis Ababa. A body scan showed he had swallowed illicit drugs, and he was placed under observation until he excreted 95 jumbo sized pellets of cocaine weighing 1.589 kilograms in seven excretions.​ Izueke, who claims to trade in clothing and auto spare parts in Lagos, told investigators he agreed to smuggle the drugs to raise money to complete his country home in Iwollo, Enugu State.​ NDLEA also reported a series of other recent operations across the country. In Kubwa, FCT, officers recovered 627.7 kilograms of skunk from a […]

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NDLEA nabs 80 year old ex convict, finds tramadol hidden in full body mannequins

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has arrested an 80 year old ex convict, Jeremiah Isaiah Nkanta, for allegedly returning to the illicit drug trade barely three years after his last conviction. He was picked up at his home in Mmanta Abak village, Abak Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, where officers found 5.7 kilograms of skunk, a potent strain of cannabis.​ Nkanta was first arrested by the NDLEA on December 14, 2022, prosecuted and sentenced to two years in prison for dealing in drugs. The agency said intelligence reports indicated that he went back to selling narcotics after serving his sentence, prompting a fresh operation that led to his re arrest.​ In a separate operation in Akwa Ibom, NDLEA operatives on patrol along the Oron Ibaka road intercepted a 37 year old businessman, Ani Onyebuchi Romans, who was […]

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