Operatives of the Special Operations Unit of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested the female head of a notorious drug syndicate, Omolade Abigail Jolayemi.
The 46 years old was arrested during an operation by the operatives of the agency at 13 Carter Street, Yaba, Lagos.
Her sales girl, 31 years old Sarah Zainab Agbabiaka, was also arrested.
In a statement by its spokesperson, Mr. Femi Babafemi, NDLEA said no fewer than 135 blocks of Ghana Loud, a strain of cannabis weighing 76.30kg, were recovered from them.
Omolade popularly known as Iya Ghana, trades in local fabric on the surface but beneath she runs a drug distribution network between Nigeria and Ghana.
Same day, the SOU operatives also arrested Anayo Lucky Ohabiro, 39, at Doyin Bus Stop, Surulere, Lagos following credible intelligence.
A total of 78 blocks of Ghana Loud weighing 41kg were seized from him.
In Ekiti State, an 80-year-old grandpa, Oke Samuel, was on Thursday 26th March arrested by NDLEA operatives during a special raid operation at Mosafuneto camp, Erinmo Road, Efon-Alaaye Ekiti.
A total of 2.2kg skunk and 1.8grams of methamphetamine were recovered from him, while 894.72kg of same psychoactive substance was seized from another suspect, Enuwa Kehinde Kingsley, 37, when an uncompleted building was raided by NDLEA officers at Ogbese, in Akure North area of Ondo State same day.
Not less than 116.7kg skunk was recovered from a suspect, Saater Nyam, 35, during a raid operation at Pevi village, Guma local government area of Benue State, on Tuesday 24th March.
In Edo State, NDLEA operatives on Monday 23rd March uncovered a warehouse in Ekpoma town, Esan West local government area, leading to the arrest of a suspect, Felix Donald, 25, and the seizure of 576.5kg skunk and 33 bottles of codeine-based syrup.
In Taraba State, NDLEA officers acting on credible intelligence on Tuesday 24th March intercepted a truck marked DUT 457 ZB, conveying 100 blocks of compressed skunk weighing 135 kilogrammes concealed in bags of animal feed from Garbachede to Gombe state.
Two suspects – Osama Mamuda, 21, and Auwal Umar, 22, – were nabbed in connection with the seizure.
The War Against Drug Abuse, WADA, social advocacy activities by NDLEA commands equally continued across the country in the past week.
Some of them include WADA sensitization lecture delivered to students and staff of Community Secondary School, Itigidi, Abi local government area, Cross River; Government Girls Secondary School, Yola, Adamawa; Islamic High School, Igbeti, Oyo State; Gidan Sarki Primary School, Kano, and Royal Legends Academy, Ibeshe, Ikorodu, Lagos State, among others.
While commending the officers and men of MMIA, SOU, DOGI, Ekiti, Ondo, Benue, Edo 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) also praised their counterparts in all the commands across the country for pursuing a fair balance between their drug supply reduction and drug demand reduction efforts.
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