A 52-year-old businessman, Ejiofor Godwin Emeka, has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA) in Kano, following which a total of 127 wraps of cocaine concealed in his private part and stomach have been recovered after days under excretion observation.
A statement signed by the NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, on Sunday, said Ejiofor, who operated boutiques in Lagos and Onitsha, Anambra State, was taken into NDLEA custody upon his arrival from Bangkok, Thailand via Ethiopian Airlines flight ET 941 on Wednesday, October 8, 2025, following credible intelligence.
He was taken for a body scan, which confirmed he ingested illicit drugs and had some concealed in his private part. A total of 58 wraps of cocaine were immediately recovered from his pant after which he was taken for excretion observation during which he egested 69 pellets of cocaine in seven excretions bringing the total number of wraps of the class A drug recovered from him to 127 weighing 1.388 kilograms.
Meanwhile, three consignments of illicit drugs heading to the United Kingdom were on Thursday and Friday, October 9 and 10, intercepted at a courier company in Lagos by NDLEA operatives. One of the shipments, 1.74 kg of methamphetamine was recovered from blocks of glass ceramics, while another shipment containd 114 grams and 168 grams of pentazocine and tramadol injections, respectively just as the third consignment contained 48 grams of tramadol capsules concealed in Vitamin C container, all going to the UK. Bids by another set of criminal syndicates to ship 2.6kg skunk and 422grams tapentadol 250mg concealed in tablets of black soap heading to Turkey; 169 grams of cocaine hidden in lady’s handbags going to Australia and 568 grams of Loud, a strong strain of cannabis concealed in containers of herbs going to United Arab Emirates, were thwarted by NDLEA operatives at some courier companies in Lagos.
Meanwhile, a total of 27, 510 pills of rohypnol concealed in sachets of alcoholic drinks going to South Africa have been intercepted by NDLEA officers at the export shed of the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA) Ikeja, Lagos. After the initial arrest of a freight agent and a cab driver linked to the shipment, a follow-up operation at Oyingbo market in Lagos led to the arrest of the mastermind, 46-year-old Samuel Omoruyi (alias Yellow) on October 2.
Same day, an Italy-based businessman, Enehizena Augustine Uyimwen, was arrested by operatives while attempting to export 3,700 pills of tramadol 225mg and 2,600 tabs of tapentadol 200mg hidden in food items to the European country. He claimed he was trafficking the opioids for someone else for a fee of €945.
In Edo State, a raid of the home of a suspect Emmanuel Sunday, 33, at Ugbekpe Ekperi in Etsako Central LGA led to the recovery of 47kg skunk, a strain of cannabis. Two suspects:
Nureni Ayobami Eleweodo, 48, and Oladejo Taiwo, 52, were on Wednesday October 8 arrested at Omifufun village, Ife South LGA, Osun State, following the seizure of 635 kilograms of skunk from their Toyota Hiace bus marked DDA65ZY. Two other suspects:
Timothy Omiwole, 41, and Isaac Achiatan, 36, were nabbed at same location with 100kg skunk recovered from them along with their motorcycle.
While Okoro Julius, 20, and Onyebuchi Nwibo, 25, were arrested in different parts of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, in connection with the seizure of 8.5kg skunk on Friday, October 10,
Sulaiman Kalalu, 46, was nabbed after 29.5kg of same substance was found in his house at Bayan Asiti, Jibia town, Katsina State on Saturday, October 11.
In Niger State, NDLEA officers on Wednesday, October 8, arrested Yisa Daniel, 29, at New Bussa where 22,000 capsules of tramadol, 800 ampoules of pentazocine injection and 150,000 pills of exol-5 were seized from him. A total of 312kg skunk was recovered from a bush at Ologede camp, Ogbese, Ondo State while operatives on patrol along Benin-Lagos expressway on Thursday, October 9 intercepted two suspects: Francis John, 39, and Adeyemi Taiwo, 46, in a car conveying 141.8kg skunk.
In Kaduna State, a suspect Rufai Ahmed, 27, (alias Farin Malam) was nabbed at Abuja/Kaduna toll gate while conveying 150,000 pills of exol-5 from Lagos to Katsina.
In like manner, Commands and formations of the Agency across the country continued their War Against Drug Abuse (WADA) sensitisation activities to schools, worship centres, work places and communities, among others in the past week. These include: WADA sensitization lecture to students and staff of General Murtala Mohammed College, Yola, Adamawa State; Assembly of God Secondary School, Abakaliki, Ebonyi State; Community Girls Secondary School, Bakori, Katsina State; Girls Secondary School, Nenwe, Awgu LGA, Enugu State; Day Secondary School, Tungan Mallam, Paikoro LGA, Niger State; Sacred Heart Secondary School, Kabba, Kogi State; Ebenezer Model Secondary School, Onitsha, Anambra State; Government Secondary School, Borikiri, Rivers State; Government Junior Secondary School, Wakili Bawa, Ungoggo LGA, Kano State; and Baptist High School, Ede, Osun State, among others.
While commending the officers and men of MMIA, MAKIA, DOGI, Kano, Edo, Rivers, Kaduna, Katsina, Niger, Ondo, and Osun Commands of the Agency for the arrests and seizures, chairman/chief executive officer of NDLEA, Brig Gen Mohamed Buba Marwa (Rtd) urged them and their compatriots across the country to maintain their tenacity, professionalism and balanced approach to the drug control efforts of the Agency.
