NDLEA Smashes Cocaine Syndicate, Arrests Monarch, Corps Member

Agents  of the National Drug Law Enforcement  Agency  (NDLEA)  have raided the  base of a  major  cocaine syndicate  in  Lagos  led  by a  husband  and  wife  team,  Agbakoba John  Mmadu  and Agbakoba Ijeoma Chinwe  and  their associate, Okoye Ifeoma Maryjane,  who  were  shipping  large  quantities  of  cocaine  from  the  syndicate  for export and local  distribution.|
 
  The  raid,  carried out by a special  unit of the  agency,  came  after  months of intelligence gathering and surveillance  of  the syndicate  known  for packaging, distributing and trafficking  cocaine  in  and  out  of  Nigeria.| 
 
    Agbakoba John  Mmadu,  54,  was arrested at Ago  Palace  Way,  Okota while his wife, Agbakoba Ijeoma Chinwe, 39, and  his  partner,  Okoye Ifeoma Maryjane, 31, who  also  serves  as  his  hideout,  were  caught  at Plot  2205.  Closure  at  Eugene  Ndubisi,  Lilly Estate, Amuwo Odofin area of  Lagos,  all  day  Wednesday,  July  3,  2024.|
While seven  packets  of cocaine  weighing  a total  of  7,|652  kilograms  of  Mmadu  were recovered from  Ago  Palace  road,  no  fewer  than  One  Hundred  and  Twenty-Two  (122) compressed pellets of the same drug weighing  2.7  grams  42kg were seized from the duo of Ijeoma and Ifeoma at Lilly Estate,  making  a  total seizure  of  10  kilograms  worth  over  N2.|One  billion  street value.| 
 
  In the same vein, NDLEA operatives in Benue  State  on  Thursday,  July  4,  intercepted a consignment  containing  350 grams of cocaine at a  checkpoint  along  Enugu,  Otukpo  road.|  The illicit drug was concealed in an MP3 speaker sent as a waybill  packet.|  A  quick  follow-up  operation at Flight  parking  lot  in Otukpo led to the arrest of the owner,  Odeh  Anthony,  25.|
 
  Meanwhile, NDLEA  operatives  on  Wednesday,  July  3,  during  a stop and search operation along  the  Ngurore  –  Yola road in Adamawa  State,  arrested a  Chadian  national,  Yves Ahmat  Gali,  in a  public  bus  travelling  from Kano to  Yola.  The suspect was found with a  loudspeaker  containing  20 compressed  blocks  and nine plastic containers of Loud, a  potent  strain of cannabis weighing  5,200kg.

In Kano, operatives on  Wednesday,  July  3,  arrested a  member  of  the  Youth  Corps,  Yusuf Abdulrahman, 25, at Corpers  Lodge  in  Sumaila  local  government  area  with  1,250kg  of  Loud  while in Osun  State,  the  Head  of Akarabata  Community  in Ile-Ife,  Ba'ale  Ige Babatunde, 50, was on  Friday,  July  5,  arrested with fresh cannabis plants  weighing  5kg.  Two suspects: Monday Ali, 49, and Jimoh Alewi, 37, were arrested when NDLEA operatives raided Ikota  Forest  in Ifedore LGA, Ondo  State  where a total of 42,500kg  of  cannabis was destroyed  in  17 hectares of farmland while  73.5kg  of  the  same substance was  seized  for  prosecution of the suspects during a five-day operation that ended on  Monday,  July  1.
 
  In Abuja,  FCT  and  NDLEA  officials  on  Saturday,  July  6,  arrested the duo of Sanusi Mamman, 28, and Usaini Ibrahim, 20, in a vehicle along  Abaji-Gwagwalada  with 1,132 bottles of  Codeine  Syrup;  13,540  Tramadol  tablets;  50,000  Diazepam  tablets  and 59  Rofinol  tablets.  The suspects claimed they  brought  the opioids from Onitsha, Anambra  State.

With the same  momentum,  the  agency's  commands  and formations  across the country  last  week  continued their  war  on  drug  abuse,  WADA  and  sensitization activities in schools,  places  of  worship,  workplaces  and  communities,  among  others.|  These include:  an  insightful  AMA  lecture  to  students of Community Grammar School (Junior), Aroro, Ibadan, Oyo  State;  students of Candy Secondary School, Agu Awka, Anambra  State;  students of Community High School, Umuida, Enugu Ezike, Enugu  State;  students of School  of  Arabic and Islamic Studies, Kofar Nasarawa, Kano  State  and  AMA  sensitization  conference  organized by  NDLEA  Zone M Zonal Command  at Sabo  Motor  Park,  Kaduna, among others.
 
  The  Chairman/Chief  Executive  Officer,  NDLEA,  Brig.,  commended  the officers and men of the Special Operations Unit, Osun, Benue, Ondo,  Kano  and FCT Commands for the arrests and  seizures  General|  Mohamed Buba Marwa (Rtd) noted  that  their  efforts  to  reduce  drug supply  were  in  line  with  the  sensitisation  activities  of  WADA  and  urged  them and their compatriots across the country to  keep  up  the  pace.
 
  Femi Babafemi 
  Director, Media andamp; Advocacy 
  NDLEA Headquarters, Abuja 
  Sunday,  July  7,  2024


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