80-year-old ex-convict arrested again over illicit drugs

Ismaila Sanni — Sun, 11 Jan 2026 14:40:48 +0000

Barely three years after he was arrested, prosecuted and sentenced to two years imprisonment for dealing in illicit drugs, an 80-year-old grandpa, Jeremiah Isaiah Nkanta, has again been nabbed by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, for returning to the criminal trade.

Notorious for illicit drug business, Nkanta was first arrested by NDLEA on 14th December 2022, prosecuted and sentenced to two years in jail by a Federal High Court in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State.

Not ready to let go the old habit, Nkanta returned to the illicit drug trade and following credible intelligence, NDLEA operatives on Saturday 10th January 2025 tracked the Octogenarian ex-convict to his Mmanta – Abak village, Abak local government area of Akwa Ibom State, where he was arrested with 5.7 kilogrammes of skunk, a strain of cannabis in his residence.

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