Ex-Lagos Councillor, Others Arrested For Drug Trafficking

National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested Sheleru Sadiq Olalekan, a former two-term councillor of Ibeju-Lekki local government area in Lagos State, for drug trafficking.  He was picked up by operatives following credible intelligence linking him to illicit drug sale and trafficking.

Olalekan, 45, who currently serves as a legislative aide, was arrested on Monday, 2nd March, 2026, at his residence in Ilado, Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos, where a search was conducted and 40 kilogrammes of skunk, a strain of cannabis, were recovered from one of his rooms.

In a statement yesterday, NDLEA spokesperson, Mr Femi Babafemi, said Olalekan admitted ownership of the exhibit and the property where it was recovered.

Babafemi said the suspect had previously served two terms as a councillor representing Orimedu community in Ibeju-Lekki council.

At the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, NDLEA officers on Tuesday, March 3, 2026,  intercepted a 32-year-old businessman Emeka Hyginus Okwor, in a vehicle from Obollo- Afor in Enugu State to Zuba, FCT.

The NDLEA said, “When his luggage was searched, 1,000 pills of tapentadol 250mg, were found concealed inside baby diapers. The suspect admitted ownership and revealed that he was taking the consignment to Guduwa village in Gurara LGA, Niger State, where he has a provision store.”

On the same day (3rd of March), NDLEA operatives on patrol along Kabba/Obajana Highway, Kogi State, intercepted a consignment of Colorado, a synthetic strain of cannabis weighing 1.550kg concealed in a standing fan carton belonging to a 36-year-old Cameroonian, Mey Ali Muhamat, who hails from Maroua, Republic of Cameroon.

The suspect was travelling in a commercial bus from Lagos to Cameroon enroute Lokoja, Kano and Maiduguri.

In Niger State, operatives on patrol along Mokwa-Jebba Road, on Wednesday, March 4, intercepted a commercial bus from Ibadan, Oyo State, with 500 pieces of improvised explosive device (IED) components concealed inside a white sack to be delivered to a recipient at Pelegi.

A swift follow-up operation led to the arrest of the recipient, Osama Abdullahi, 21, at Pelegi, Mashegu local government area of the state.