The Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of Trans Fortress Global Resources, a notable real estate development firm, Mr. Kolapo Oladapo Raji, has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA.
Raji has been on NDLEA watchlist since 2025 following credible intelligence.
The 57-year-old drug kingpin was arrested at his Safe Court Apartment residence in Ikate, Lekki Lagos on Thursday 12th February 2026 after sustained surveillance soon after his return from the United Kingdom.
A search of his residence led to the recovery of four large bags containing parcels of Canadian Loud, a strong strain of cannabis with a total weight of 89.20kg.
Also recovered from him at the point of his arrest was a 2024 model Toyota Hilux.
In his statement, he claimed he got involved in the illicit drug trade after financing some consignments for his overseas associate.
He said hundreds of millions of naira paid to him as profit by his associate motivated him to establish his own independent drug distribution channel.
In another interdiction operation in Lagos, a suspect Ugwuja Kingsley was nabbed with 56kg skunk at Agbara on Thursday 19th February, while Ekwe Arinze was caught with 76kg of same substance at a motor park in Oshodi on Tuesday 17th February.
At the Port Harcourt Ports Complex, Onne, Rivers State, a total of 170, 900 bottles of codeine-based syrup were discovered in a container during a joint examination of the shipment by NDLEA officers, Customs and other security agencies.
The request by NDLEA for a 100% physical examination and search of the container followed processed intelligence on the shipment.
No fewer than 7,300 pills of tramadol 225mg concealed in two sound systems were recovered by NDLEA operatives on patrol along Okene/Lokoja Highway, Kogi State, during the search of a commuter bus coming from Lagos to Kano on Sunday 15th February.
A follow up operation in Zuba, Abuja, on Tuesday 17th February led to the arrest of the two suspects linked to the consignment – Ezenma Kingsley, 26, and Ezeja Anthony, 29.
In Ondo State, a suspect, Bright Timothy, 28, was arrested at Iju Forest on Thursday 19th February with 195kg skunk and seeds while another suspect Godwin Bernard was nabbed with 198kg of same substance when NDLEA operatives raided their enclaves in the forest.
A total of 936 kilogrammes of skunk were seized from a suspect, Yahaya Adamu Gimba, 48, when he was arrested at Azare Town, Katagun local government area, Bauchi, on Tuesday 17th February, while another 85.8kg of same substance was recovered from Yahaya Adamu Gimba; Nasiru Suleman, 36; Abdul Umar, 25, and Musa Suleman, 21 in Azare.
While 37kg skunk was seized from Mgbeme Ejeoma, 34, at Club Street, Ekeredjebor, Ughelli, Delta State on Tuesday 17th February, NDLEA officers in Edo State same day raided Etiosa camp in Owan West local government area, where they destroyed 1,266.8475kg skunk on three farms.
No less than 23kg of processed cannabis was equally recovered, with two suspects – a 68-year-old grandmother, Evelyn Ogenewu, and a 43-year-old, Friday Iruoje, apprehended.
With the same vigour, commands and formations of the agency across the country continued their War Against Drug Abuse, WADA, sensitization activities to schools, worship centres, work places and communities among others in the past week.
These include WADA sensitisation lecture to students and staff of Muslim Community High School, Ayetoro – Oke, Kajola local government area, Oyo; Government Girls Secondary School, Gadaka, Yobe; Owerri City Secondary School, Owerri, Imo; Government Day Secondary School, Tongo, Gombe; St. Catherine’s College, Igoli, Ogoja, Cross River; Government Senior Girls Secondary School, Kofar Kudu, Kano; and Model Government College, Ikorodu, Lagos State, among others.
While commending the officers and men of MAKIA, Seme, Lagos, Edo, Bauchi, PHPC, Ondo, Delta and Kogi commands of the agency for the arrests and seizures, Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Rtd) stated that their operational successes and those of their compatriots across the country especially their balanced approach to drug supply reduction and drug demand reduction efforts are well appreciated.
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