…AS NDLEA ARRESTS DRUG KINGPIN ‘WARRI KINSMAN’ OVER DRUG SHIPMENT
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted cocaine consignments concealed in lipsticks and property title documents going to the United Kingdom and Saudi Arabia respectively.
The illicit drug consignments were recovered from cargos being prepared for shipment at a courier company in Lagos on Thursday 3rd July 2025 by NDLEA officers of the Directorate of Operations and General Investigation (DOGI) attached to the logistics firm.
According Femi Babafemi, Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA Headquarters, Abuja
Sunday, 6th July 2025 that a total of 420grams of cocaine factory fitted in 84 pieces of female lipsticks heading to the United Kingdom were seized, while 280grams of the same Class A drug were uncovered in a property title document Certificate of Occupancy, (C of O) being sent to Saudi Arabia.
A notorious drug kingpin Ajetsibo Emami popularly known as ‘Warri Kinsman’ was on Saturday, 28th June arrested in Ikeja Lagos after NDLEA operatives dismantled his drug trafficking network in a three-day operation leading to the arrest of three other suspects.
Recovered from Emami’s network were 24 jumbo bags containing 681 pouches of Canadian Loud, a strain of cannabis weighing 414.2 kilograms.
The bust of Emami’s drug ring followed credible intelligence on his attempt to move the shipment to Lekki area of Lagos, from where it will be distributed to other parts of the state and across the country.
A businessman Ajah Johnson Uchenna and his wife Rosemary Uchenna along with their two daughters: Stella Uchenna and Ngozi Uchenna as well as their family friend Okoro Elijah have been taken into custody after investigation revealed they run a major illicit drug distribution network in Lagos.
The couple was first arrested on Friday, 13th June by operatives of the Department of State Security (DSS) in Ojo area of the state and transferred to NDLEA along with 277.5kg skunk.
While they were still being investigated in custody, credible intelligence revealed that the family business was going on in his house. This led to a raid of their home and a packing store where 231kg of same substance was recovered on Tuesday 1st July.
Three persons arrested during the raid include their two daughters: Ngozi Uchenna and Blessing Uchenna as well as their family friend Okoro Elijah, who were running the family business in the absence of the couple.
Meanwhile, NDLEA operatives at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA Ikeja Lagos on Wednesday 2nd July intercepted a frequent flyer Aburemi Hysent who specialises in conveying goods for customers from Nigeria to Italy and vice versa.
He was found to have hidden 7,660 pills of tramadol 225mg and 200mg inside food items packed among other goods he was conveying to Italy.
He claimed he was to be paid the sum of 800 euros upon successful delivery of the drug consignment in Italy.
While commending the officers and men of DOGI, MMIA, Lagos, Seme, Kogi, Osun, Borno, Kano, Edo, Kaduna, Cross River, Kebbi and Taraba Commands of the Agency for the arrests and seizures of the past week, Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Rtd) praised their counterparts in all the commands across the country for ensuring a fair balance between their drug supply reduction and drug demand reduction efforts.
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