NDLEA Arrests 80-year-old Ex-convict, Dispatch Rider, Others
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested an 80-year-old ex-convict, Jeremiah Isaiah Nkanta, for dealing in illicit drugs.
The suspect had served a two years term in prison for similar offence after he was arrested on 14th December 2022, prosecuted and sentenced to two years in jail by a Federal High Court in Uyo, Akwa Ibom state.
However, in spite of that, Nkanta returned to the illicit drug trade after his release, and was subsequently arrested on Saturday 10th January 2025 at his village Mmanta-Abak in Abak local government area of Akwa Ibom state.
A total of 5.7 kilograms of skunk, a strain of cannabis was found in his residence.
In another successful interdiction operation in Akwa Ibom state, NDLEA operatives on patrol along Oron-Ibaka road in Oron LGA on Friday 9th January, intercepted a 37-year-old businessman, Ani Onyebuchi Romans while travelling with full body mannequins for his clothing business in Cameroun.
However, a search of the mannequins revealed that they were stuffed with tramadol pills weighing 5.3 kilograms.
The suspect claims he resides in Cameroun and was returning to his base after the Christmas and New Year holidays when he was apprehended.
Preliminary investigation revealed that he bought the drugs in Onitsha, Anambra state to sale in Cameroun.
In a related development, the NDLEA has conducted raids across different locations in Oyo state which led to the seizure of dangerous drugs and arrest of notorious dealers.
Among the dealers arrested is 45-year-old Remi Bamidele, alias Aluko the Mafia, at Sasa, Ibadan, in possession of a total of 10.696 kilograms of Colorado, Scottish Loud, Ghana Loud, Canadian Loud and skunk, all strains of cannabis.
The agency said at the time of his arrest on Thursday 8th January, two Toyota vehicles: were recovered from him.
The operatives also raided Adegbayi area of Ibadan on Friday 9th January, where they arrested one Adeola Toheeb, 27, with various quantities of Colorado, Ghana Loud and skunk.
They also arrested another drug dealer, Habeeb Ali, 29, at Ring road, Ibadan with 1.264kg Colorado, Scottish Loud and skunk. Not less than One Million Three Hundred and Seven Thousand One Hundred Naira was recovered from him at the point of his arrest on Saturday 10th January.
In Edo State, a dispatch rider, Osagbovo Edigin, 30, and two others – Ebimi Labo, 28, and Akhimie Success, 25, – were on Friday arrested at Ihama/Airport road GRA Benin City, in connection with the seizure of 118grams of Canadian Loud and a wrap of Colorado.
Another dealer, Jimoh Agbonmhegbe, 49, was arrested at Irrua with 17.552kg Colorado, Loud and skunk, while one Evelyn Okoyomon, 38, was nabbed at Ubiaja with 930 grams of skunk on Wednesday 7th January.
In Niger state, no fewer than 4,000 pills of tramadol 225mg were recovered from a suspect Nazifi Umar, 22, at Dakwa town, Tafa LGA, while another suspect Yusuf Usman, 41, was nabbed with 100 blocks of skunk weighing 47kg Lankaviri, Yorro LGA Taraba state on Wednesday 7th January.
In Adamawa, 30,950 capsules of tramadol were recovered from the home of a suspect Ugwoke Chibueze, 40, in Bachure area of Yola South LGA, following his arrest at the Lamido Aliyu Mustapha International Airport Yola on Tuesday 6th January.
The NDLEA Chairman, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Rtd) has hailed the various commands for the operational successes and urged all personnel nationwide to sustain the tempo.
