On Thursday, September 7, agents of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency found Asana Leke, 39, along the Mokwa-Jebba Road with no less than 399 fragments of improvised explosive devices.
The artifacts and the suspect were then given to the military authorities in Niger State. The suspect said that the explosives were given to him in a park in Ibadan, Oyo State, to be conveyed to someone in Kaduna.
The NDLEA state commands and other formations continued the anti-narcotics agency’s fight against drug misuse advocacy campaigns in schools, places of worship, palaces, and local communities among other places, in addition to the different drug control initiatives.
The NDLEA’s spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, announced the news through official email on Sunday.
He added that NDLEA agents had seized shipments of methamphetamine hidden in discarded clothing and skunk concealed in tomato pastes that were being shipped to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates.
“The meth shipment, with a gross weight of 1.60kg, was seized at a courier firm in Lagos, while the shipment of skunk in tomato pastes, weighing 20kg, was detained on Friday, September 8, at the SAHCO export shed of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja.
“NDLEA personnel of the Directorate of Operations and General Investigation, connected to courier businesses, also seized another cargo of 556 grammes of Canadian Loud shipped from Canada to one Tunji Adebayo in Ikorodu, Lagos.
“Adebayo told his younger brother to sign for the box even though he wasn’t home when agents went to his home at 52, Aina Atoloye Street, Ikorodu. The brother was soon detained, according to Babafemi.
In the meantime, on September 4, NDLEA agents stormed the residence of a known drug lord in Akala, Mushin, Lagos, Abdul Rauf, dubbed “Na God,” recovering 1,101kg of Ghanaian Loud and arresting three suspects while the desired kingpin is still at free.
Following the seizure of 41kg of cannabis from Titilayo Adetayo at Sagumu Interchange the day before, a follow-up operation in Ogun State resulted in the arrest of Yinka Azeez in Sabo Lafenwa, Abeokuta on Tuesday, September 5.
Additionally, at least two suspects, Muhammad Aliyu, 38, and Abdullahi Zakariya, 40, were detained on September 5 with more than 426.5 kilograms of skunk on Zaria-Kano Road and Haye Arewa, Hotoro, Kano, respectively.
While Destiny Irabor, another suspect, was taken into custody on Friday, September 8, with more than 180kg of opiates loaded in his Toyota Sienna bus, Onyeka Uzor, 25, was taken into custody at Idemili, Anambra State, with 64.8kg of skunk and Tramadol.
On September 6, Kaduna police detained two suspects, Ahmed Yusuf and Rilwan Nura, in connection with the discovery of 100 blocks of marijuana totaling 55kg along Abuja Road.
NDLEA agents invaded the Ekudo woodland in Onwude Local Government Area in Edo State and destroyed cannabis crops totaling 4.236347 hectares there.
In a similar vein, on September 7, agents raided the home of Amuodu Egwehide, 40, in Iloje Okpuje, Owan West LGA, where they found 22 bags of skunk weighing 261.4kg. The same day, Mrs. Eunice Egwehide, a 60-year-old grandmother, was detained in the town with 17kg of the same substance seized from her.
Gapchiya Modu, a suspect, was detained on Wednesday, September 6 with 60 kg of cannabis along the Kano-Nguru Road in Nguru, Yobe State, while Usim Orji, a suspect, was found with 200 blocks of the same material and 57 kg of weight along the Aba-Owerri Road in Imo State.
Idoko Ifesinachi, 40, was linked to the importation of 76.9kg of Canadian Loud that was discovered in a container with the identification number MSDU6686346 at the Port Harcourt Ports Complex in Onne, Rivers State on June 2. After more than two months of monitoring, NDLEA agents detained Ifesinachi on September 6 after more than two months of observation.
He was brought to Port Harcourt after being apprehended at his hideout in Lagos.
