The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), says it has arrested a serving officer of a law enforcement agency for selling assorted illicit drugs to students of a federal university and cultists in Ogun state.
In a statement signed by Femi Babafemi, Director, Media & Advocacy, NDLEA, the suspect, Popoola Abayomi, who serves in the Lagos state Command of the security agency(not specified), was arrested on Wednesday, June 15 after days of surveillance on his wife’s shop used as his sales point in Camp area of Abeokuta.
“ One of his salesmen, a motorcycle rider known as Ogah was trailed to the location at about 8pm and arrested with six pinches of Colorado weighing 1.17grams before Popoola who has been on the Agency’s watch list was nabbed with different illicit drugs including codeine -17 bottles; cannabis -22.26grams; tramadol 230 -98grams; 61 tablets of flunitrazepam -23.72grams; 113 tablets of molly -48.16grams and sex drops -43.92grams.
“After the arrest of the two suspects, some student union officials of the institution blocked the NDLEA team with their official vehicle. The narcotic agents however restrained themselves and after hours of standoff succeeded in moving the suspects to custody.
On the other hand, a Nigerian returning from Pakistan, Ezenyeche Kingsley Ebuka, was arrested by NDLEA operatives at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja in Lagos state with five pellets of heroin weighing 250grams in his anus.
“The suspect had arrived the D arrival hall of the airport on 14th June on Turkish airline flight from Pakistan with the illicit drug inserted in his anus. He however failed to beat the eagle eyes of narcotic officers during inward clearance of passengers on the flight.”
While commending the Ogun, Oyo, Kaduna and the MMIA Commands of the Agency for sustaining the offensive action against illicit drug trafficking and the cartels running it, the Commission’s Chairman, General Mohammad Buba Marwa said;
“Those who think they can sabotage ongoing efforts to rid Nigeria of the menace of illicit drug trafficking and abuse hiding behind the façade of their uniforms should better think twice because theyll have NDLEA to contend with. Well not only arrest and expose them but well equally prosecute them and seize all assets acquired through the proceeds of their criminal act”.
