The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA)
has arrested over 100 suspects, including popular Lagos socialite Mike
Eze Nwalie Nwogu, popularly known as Pretty Mike, during a midnight
raid on a nightclub alleged to be hosting a drug party.
The agency’s spokesperson, Femi Babafemi,
disclosed this in a statement on Sunday, revealing that cartons of banned
substances, including Loud and laughing gas, were recovered
from the venue during the operation.
According to Babafemi, NDLEA operatives, acting on
credible intelligence, infiltrated the club around 11 p.m. on Saturday,
October 25, before executing the raid at about 3 a.m. on Sunday, October
26, in line with standard operating procedures.
“Over 100 suspects, including the owner of the club,
Mike Eze Nwalie Nwogu, alias Pretty Mike, were arrested and taken into custody
for screening. Cartons of illicit substances, including Loud and laughing gas,
were recovered from suspects at the party and the club’s store,” the statement
read.
Babafemi added that the operation was part of ongoing
efforts by the NDLEA to clamp down on the sale and consumption of illicit
substances in entertainment spots and public gatherings across the country.
NDLEA Intercepts Cocaine, Meth Shipments
in Lagos and Enugu
In a related development, NDLEA operatives at the Murtala
Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja, Lagos, uncovered 70
parcels of cocaine hidden inside containers of cocoa butter formula body
cream destined for London, United Kingdom.
According to the statement, three suspects were
arrested following a series of follow-up operations across Lagos.
Babafemi said the cocaine, weighing 3.60 kilograms,
was discovered on October 14, 2025, during the examination of cargoes
packaged as personal effects on an Air Peace flight to London.
“A cargo agent, Lawal Mustapha Olakunle, who
presented the consignment for airfreight, was promptly arrested. Further
investigations led to the arrest of Ogunmuyide Taiwo Deborah, a
healthcare worker, and Mutiu Adebayo Adebiyi, Chief Executive Officer of
a travel agency, Mutiu Adebiyi & Co, at his office on 23 Ladoke
Akintola Street, Ikeja GRA, on October 20,” the statement added.
Similarly, NDLEA operatives at the Akanu Ibiam
International Airport (AIIA), Enugu, foiled an attempt by a 35-year-old
Lesotho national, Lemena Mark, to export 103.59 grams of
methamphetamine concealed in a Diabeto’s Herbs coffee tea pack to
the Philippines via an Ethiopian Airlines flight on October
22, 2025.
Babafemi reaffirmed the agency’s determination to
dismantle drug trafficking networks and curb the distribution of narcotics
within and outside Nigeria.
“Our operatives will continue to take strategic
enforcement actions to protect Nigeria’s image and the health of its citizens,”
he said.
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