Two octogenarians — an 80-year-old grandfather and an 82-year-old grandmother — alongside together with her 32-year-old daughter, have been arrested by operatives of the Nationwide Drug Legislation Enforcement Company (NDLEA) in a nationwide anti-drug operation that additionally led to the interception of opioids price over N3.2 billion at main seaports.
The NDLEA disclosed this in a press release signed by its Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, on Sunday.
In line with the company, 80-year-old Ayuba Ashiru, a convicted drug supplier who beforehand served a 10-year jail time period, was rearrested in Kaduna on Could 14, 2025. He was caught with 2.3 kilograms of skunk packaged in retail-sized nylons and paper.
“Ayuba claimed he had been within the drug commerce for the previous 46 years,” Babafemi stated. “This can be a disturbing indication of how deeply rooted the drug commerce can develop into in folks’s lives, even after serving lengthy jail sentences.”
In the same raid in Abia State, 82-year-old Mrs. Uloma Uchechi Sunday and her daughter, Chisom Uchechi, 32, have been arrested at their house in Umuaguma Ntigha Uzor village. Officers discovered methamphetamine, tramadol, hashish (skunk), and N130,600 in money. The aged lady reportedly stated that she and her daughter took over the drug enterprise after her son died two years in the past.
“It’s surprising to see whole households, throughout three generations, tied to the illicit drug chain,” Babafemi added.
On the Port Harcourt Port in Rivers State, NDLEA operatives, in collaboration with Customs and different safety companies, intercepted a container carrying three million tablets of tapentadol and carisoprodol with a road worth of N2.1 billion.
On the Apapa seaport in Lagos, a container declared as carrying automotive elements from India was discovered to include 169,800 bottles of codeine syrup price over N1.1 billion.
The company reported different seizures in Kwara, Lagos, Niger, Jigawa, Nasarawa, and Taraba states. In Kwara, two suspects have been arrested with practically 200,000 tramadol tablets. A 21-year-old HND scholar of Kwara State Polytechnic, Ibrahim Oladimeji Abdulateef, was arrested with 650 grams of “loud,” a robust pressure of hashish, already packaged in 149 cups on the market.
In Lagos, 250 grams of cocaine hidden inside a feminine headgear sure for Australia was intercepted at a courier firm. In Niger State, 316 blocks of skunk weighing 143 kg have been seized from a automobile alongside the Mokwa-Jebba highway. A follow-up operation led to the arrest of the alleged proprietor.
On the Abuja-Kaduna freeway, a 29-year-old man, Ismail Isah, was arrested with an AK-47 rifle and two magazines hidden in a sack of maize. The suspect will likely be handed over to different safety companies for additional investigation.
The NDLEA additionally held drug consciousness lectures in colleges in Kano, Kaduna, Katsina, Osun, and Rivers states.
NDLEA Chairman, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Rtd), stated: “Our women and men throughout the nation proceed to strike a good steadiness between decreasing drug provide and addressing drug demand. I commend their bravery and professionalism.”
“This battle is not only for NDLEA; it’s a combat for the soul of our nation,” he added.
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