The explosion, according to Femi Babafemi, Director of Media & Advocacy,it took months of information gathering and extensive search that resulted in the ring leaders’ arrest and the confiscation of 20.76 kg of cocaine and methamphetamine combined.
The special operation, which took place on Thursday, June 13, 2024, at 3B, Boundary Avenue, Aba, and a residence along Ohia Road, Ohia, Abia State, was carried out after months of information gathering, according to a statement released by the Director of Media & Advocacy, Femi Babafemi. This has resulted in the arrest and arraignment of the ring leaders and the seizure of 20.76 kilograms of cocaine and methamphetamine from the drug lords.
On Monday, June 10, 2024, NDLEA officers conducted a search that resulted in the recovery of 82,000 bottles of opioid worth N600 million in street value, along with a Toyota Tacuma truck and two buses that are used for distribution by the dealers for distribution. The people arrested are Kingsley Amanambu Obumneke, 38; Emeka Emmanuel, 48; Bonaventure Ugochukwu, 59; and Martin Dike, 56. Two days later, on Wednesday, June 12, agents detained Ibrahim Abdulhamid, a second suspect, in Alaba Suru, the state’s Ojo local council area. w found on him was of 29,100 tramadol and other opioid pills, along with 3.9 liters of codeine syrup.
Yasir Rabi’u, 23, and Abubakar Ado, 30, were arrested on Monday, June 10, in the Gadar Tamburawa area of Kano, they were discovered to be major distributors of hard drugs in the states of Jigawa and Kano. A total of 230,600 pills of tramadol, 225 mg and 200 mg, were also retrieved from them. In a similar vein, on Tuesday, June 11, in the Kofar Nassarawa neighborhood of Kano, another suspect, Hassan Abdullahi Ali, 25, was apprehended in possession of 150 bottles of codeine syrup.
In a related search in Ogun state, on Monday, June 10, NDLEA officials arrested Muhammad Sani, Nura Mohammad, and Samaila Rabe during the early morning raid in the state’s Ibese area. Which happened On Wednesday, June 12, officers broke up a skuchies manufacturing factory in Shagamu town’s Sabo area, leading to the arrest of seven suspects.
Kareem Jamiu, Amudalat Olarewanju, Bamidele Wasiu, Rasheed Olarewanju, Ramota Lawal, and Adeniyi Omotosho are a few among them. 387 liters of skuchies, 70 liters of industrial codeine, 25 kg of cannabis, different amounts of tramadol, rophynol, and diazepam, as well as a variety of tools used in the creation of the novel psychoactive substance are among the exhibits that were collected for further assessment by the NDLEA.
When NDLEA carried out the raid on Wednesday, June 12, on 4.213912 hectares of farmland in Ovia North East Council area of Edo state, a sum of 10, 534.78 kilograms of cannabis was destroyed. Four suspects, Frank Ishoku, 38; Clifford Ossai, 49; Vanger Timothy, 30; and John Peter Oluwaseyi, 30, were apprehended, and 16 kg of processed cannabis was recovered with the suspects facing prosecution.
In another search incident, on Friday, June 14, NDLEA officers, helped by members of other security agencies, destroyed 18,425 kg of the same psychoactive material on 7.37 hectares of farmland in the dense woodland of Ise Ekiti, Nigeria.
Muhammad Abba, 33, and Samson Ehizogie, 42, were taken into custody by agents on Friday, June 14, in Garki Area 10 and Dutse Suokale, in the Federal Capital Territory, in their possession was, 3,550 bottles of “Akuskura,” a novel combination of psychoactive substances.
While Emmanuel Ogechi, 24, was nabbed with 11,200 pills of tramadol on Wednesday 12th June along Otukpo-Enugu road, by NDLEA operatives in Benue state, Anayo Onwe, 40, was arrested with 62.4kg cannabis sativa at Nteje just as 1kg of methamphetamine which belonged to a suspect on the run, in Oraifite, in Anambra state. In Kwara state, Muhammed Musa, 24, was arrested with 33kg cannabis at Bode-Saadu, Jebba, and Shokuro Adeola, 59, was nabbed with 11.5kg of same substance along Lagos-Ibadan expressway, Oyo state.
Commands and formations of the Agency throughout the nation have been commended for carrying out their WADA and War Against Drug Abuse, Drug trafficking and doing sensitization campaigns in workplaces, schools, places of worship, and communities throughout the country.
The students and teachers of Mind Builder College, Oyo town, Oyo state; Demonstration Secondary School, Kabba, Kogi; Government Secondary School, Bunkure, Kano; Command Day Secondary School, Ede, Osun; Khulafau-Rashideen Islamic School, Babanna, Niger state; and Aggrey Memorial Modern School, Arochukwu, Abia state were among those who were present at the WADA enlightenment lecture.
Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Rtd), Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of NDLEA, commended the officers and men of the Special Operation Unit, Lagos, Ogun, Kano, Ekiti, Oyo, Kwara, Anambra, Benue, and FCT Commands of the Agency for the successful apprehensions of these drug abusers and potential traffickers saying that their operational successes and those of their fellow citizens throughout the nation are greatly appreciated. He asked them to keep up the good work to reduce demand and supply, not to sit back and wait for things to get better.
