As NDLEA intercepts woman with 266 rounds of AK-47
ammunition along Abuja–Kaduna expressway; large consignments of illicit drugs
in sweeps across Lagos, Kano, Kaduna, Sokoto, Ondo, Oyo, Edo
Two Europe-based Nigerian ‘businessmen’ who flew home
on holiday and attempted to return to Paris, France with their bellies loaded
with cocaine have been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law
Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA),
Abuja.
The duo, Aliocus Godian Odife and Sam Blackborn, were
intercepted on Wednesday 28th October 2026 during the outward clearance of Air
France flight AF 832 from Abuja to Paris. Both men have excreted a total of 200
wraps of the Class A drug weighing 3.460 kilograms.
Odife, who claims to live in France where he works in
a factory, had arrived in Nigeria for a short holiday on 21st October. He was
however arrested by NDLEA operatives on his return flight few days after when
he was subjected to a body scan, which confirmed the presence of foreign
objects in his stomach. Under interview, he admitted to having ingested 110
pellets of cocaine. He was placed under observation during which he excreted
all 110 wraps, which tested positive for cocaine with a total weight of 1.901
kilograms.
On the same flight, his co-traveller, Sam Blackborn,
was also nabbed by NDLEA officers at the departure hall of the Abuja airport.
His body scan likewise returned positive for ingestion, while he confessed to
having swallowed 90 pellets of cocaine. Under observation, he excreted all 90
wraps, which tested positive for the class A drug after each excretion and
weighed a total of 1.559 kilograms.
In Lagos, NDLEA operatives acting on actionable
intelligence on the movement of skunk, a strong strain of cannabis from the
Island to the Mainland, on Sunday 25th October, intercepted a white Volkswagen
LT 28 bus along Kudirat Abiola Way, Ikeja, where 537 kilograms of the
psychoactive substance were recovered. The same day, another team of officers
intercepted a brown J5 bus along the Gbagada–Oshodi expressway, with 439
kilograms of the same substance seized.
In Oyo State, NDLEA operatives on Thursday 29th
October conducted a follow-up operation at Idere road, Igboora, where two
suspects: Oguntona Nasiru, 46, and Soji Balogun, 47, were arrested while
loading 554 kilograms of skunk into a Volvo truck for onward movement into
town. The operation targeted a notorious drug dealer known as 'Omo Oba', who
escaped arrest on 25th October when officers seized 309.5 kilograms of the
strong cannabis strain popularly called 'Ghanaian Loud' linked to him.
In Kano, NDLEA operatives on Monday 26th October
raided a location in Tsamiya area of Gezawa, where they recovered 247,500
tablets of diazepam weighing 57.7 kilograms and 100,000 tablets of Exol-5
weighing 38.7 kilograms. Two days later, on Wednesday 28th October, another
team of officers stormed Dorayi area of the state, where they arrested
Ziya'ulhaq Abdullahi, 35, and Garba Muhammed, 52, with 19,250 pills of tramadol
225mg weighing 13.6 kilograms.
Meanwhile, NDLEA operatives on patrol along the
Abuja–Kaduna expressway have arrested a woman, Aisha Isah, at the toll gate
with 266 rounds of live AK-47 ammunition. On the Zaria–Kano expressway, a
68-year-old man, Ifeanyi Egwolonwu, was arrested at Gwargwaje, Zaria, with
2,770 ampoules of pentazocine injection, 100 ampoules of diazepam injection,
11,000 tablets of diazepam and 4,500 tablets of Exol-5.
In a raid at Tashan Banke area of the state, officers
also arrested seven suspects, including Faisal Adamu, and recovered 178.85
kilograms of cannabis alongside quantities of diazepam, tramadol, Exol-5 and
pregabalin.
In Ondo State, NDLEA operatives on Sunday 25th October
acting on credible intelligence raided cannabis farms in Ijare forest, where
they arrested four suspects including Bassey Okon, 24; Abraham Edet, 20; and
Oto Udo, 24. A total of 16 bags of processed cannabis weighing 180 kilograms
were recovered from the farms.
Similarly, a team of NDLEA operatives supported by
soldiers on Wednesday 28th October 2026 raided Eko Camp in Ilushi, Esan South
East Local Government Area of Edo State, where a cannabis plantation measuring
1.646 hectares with an estimated yield of 4,115.53 kilograms was destroyed. A
50-year-old woman, Christiana Uboi, was arrested at the camp with 301 kilograms
of processed cannabis, while another 176 kilograms of the drug was recovered
during the raid.
In Sokoto, operatives of Zone 7 Command of NDLEA,
acting on credible intelligence, on Saturday 31st October arrested a
68-year-old man, Ibrahim Ayuba, with 236.6 kilograms of skunk.
With the same vigour, Commands and formations of the
Agency across the country continued their War Against Drug Abuse (WADA)
sensitization activities in schools, worship centres, work places and
communities among others in the past week. These include: WADA enlightenment
lecture to students and staff of Obawole Grammar School 11, Ojodu, Lagos;
Nsukka High School, Nsukka, Enugu; Government
Technical College, Dorayi Babba Rijiyar Zaki, Gwale LGA, Kano; and Ajagbe
Comprehensive High School, Iperu, Ogun state, among others.
While commending the officers and men of NAIA, Lagos,
Kano, Kaduna, Sokoto, Ondo, Oyo and Edo Commands for the arrests and seizures,
the Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa
(Rtd), noted that the interception of the two cocaine couriers at Abuja airport
is a fresh warning to those who think they can use their residence abroad as
cover to traffic drugs across Nigerian borders. He said the Agency's officers
at all entry and exit points remain alert, and that there is no hiding place
for anyone who chooses to risk their life and liberty by ingesting illicit
drugs for a fee.
Marwa also charged officers and men of the Agency
across the country to sustain the current tempo against drug cartels while not
relenting in their drug demand reduction efforts, including WADA sensitisation
activities in schools, worship centres, workplaces and communities.
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