A search of their Honda Pilot SUV led to the recovery of blocks of skunk weighing 11kg concealed in hidden parts of their vehicle.

The arrest of the couple followed the apprehension of a fake security agent, Sunday Samuel, 35, at the same checkpoint on Monday 30th March while conveying 24.5kg skunk from Seme border to Lagos.

In Adamawa State, NDLEA officers on patrol along Namtari Road, Yola South, on Monday 30th March intercepted a trailer marked RUW 947 XA transporting 48,000 pills of tramadol.

The truck driver, Abdulaziz Ismail Korede, was arrested while a follow-up operation led to the arrest of the recipient, Idris Adamu.

While 60-year-old Idiatu Oladejo was arrested with 15kg skunk in Isale Osun, Osogbo, Osun State on Wednesday 1st April, NDLEA operatives acting on credible intelligence raided the Itaogbolu forest, Akure, Ondo State where they recovered 351 kilogrammes of skunk and its seeds.

No fewer than 28,600 capsules of tramadol were seized from a 66-year-old Aminu Usman Gembu when he was arrested at Aliade, Benue State on Wednesday 1st April.

In Edo State, a suspect Roland Owie, 37, was arrested on Monday 30th March following the raid of his warehouse at Egbanke community, Orhionmwon local government area, where 1,378 kilogrammes of skunk were recovered.

A notorious drug dealer, 40-year-old Ayantola Omodunmomi (a.k.a Iya Elle) was on Wednesday 1st April arrested at Eleta area of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.

Her arrest followed intelligence and surveillance on how she used her 11-year-old daughter, Anjola, to deliver illicit drugs to her customers.

At the time of her arrest, 45.6kg skunk was recovered from her warehouse.

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 Okere Grammar School, Saki, Oyo; Shasha Comprehensive High School, Alimosho, Lagos; Ma’ahad Ahmad Turaki Islamiyya, Sabon Gari, Kano; Ezi-Awka Community Secondary School, Awka, Anambra, and Madrasatul Ihsan, Area One Tsafe, Zamfara State, among others.

While commending the officers and men of MMIA, Seme, Borno, Oyo, Ondo, Osun, Edo, Adamawa and Benue 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.

“These successful operations are a testament to the agency’s evolving intelligence capabilities and our unwavering commitment to choking the supply lines of drug cartels. Whether they hide behind legitimate businesses, religious titles, or complex concealment methods, we will find them,” Marwa stated.

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He was arrested on Wednesday by men of Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS.

Obieze, a native of Umuojor village in Ezeagu Council Area, Enugu, and a known traditionalist, was allegedly involved in the abduction of a 13-year-old girl, on Tuesday, May 27.

Witnesses told the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, that Obieze, also known as Obu Onyeka, was on a commercial Bajaj motorcycle going to Seme to escape when personnel of NIS, Lagos State Border Patrol Command, arrested him at about 2.00 p.m.

According to the sources, Obieze, a resident of Umuojor village, in Ezeagu Local Government Area of Enugu State, escaped and took a night bus to Mile 2.

“He took a commercial car from Mile 2, to Badagry roundabout from where he hired a commercial Okada rider to Seme border.

“The commercial motorcyclist had passed the checkpoint of the immigration in Gbaji, a little before an officer ordered the rider to stop, recognising the person he was carrying.

“Obieze made attempt to escape but he was quickly apprehended by the officers who took him to the command office immediately.

“He was detained at the NIS cell while the Controller in charge of Lagos State Border Patrol Command contacted headquarter of NIS on the arrest,” he said.

Meanwhile, the Comptroller General, NIS, Kemi Nandap, has confirmed his arrest in a statement by the Service Public Relations Officer, SPRO, Akinsola Akinlabi, on Thursday, in Abuja.

According to the statement, the NIS Comptroller General said that the suspect had been declared wanted by the Enugu State Police Command.

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She said that Obieze, a native of Umuojor Village in Ezeagu Council Area, Enugu, and a known traditionalist, was allegedly involved in the abduction of a 13-year-old girl, on Tuesday, May 27.

“According to reports, the girl was kidnapped by three men while walking to the farm with her father.

“She was later rescued by operatives of the Nigeria Police Force from a shrine allegedly linked to the suspect. The incident was first reported by a national daily on Wednesday, May 28.

“Acting on credible intelligence, officers of the NIS Lagos State Border Patrol Command apprehended Obieze at the Gbaji checkpoint along the Badagry-Seme Road while he attempted to flee the country on a motorcycle.

“The suspect was found in possession of a National Identity Management Commission, NIMC, enrollment slip, which confirmed his identity.

“During preliminary questioning, he reportedly confessed to the crimes,” she said.

Nandap, however, said that the NIS was working closely with the Nigeria Police Force to ensure a seamless handover of the suspect for further investigation and prosecution.

She reaffirmed the service commitment to national security and border control, stating that NIS would continue to support law enforcement agencies in the fight against cross-border crimes.

Source: NAN

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