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Gen. Mohammed Buba Marwa; A Legend At 69

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By Femi Babafemi For over two decades, Mohamed Buba Marwa was the subject of heroic tales of exemplary leadership. Those who experienced him readily argued that he was one of the shining examples of good leadership when the military was in charge of the country. The story of how he […]

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By Olatunde Dodondawa …Wanted 2 drug kingpins behind seized Tincan port shipments nabbed A Brazilian returnee, Igwedum Uche Benson has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, at the arrival hall of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja Lagos with pellets of cocaine concealed in his private part. Igwedum was nabbed at the Lagos airport on Monday 20th June upon his arrival on Ethiopian Airlines from Sao Paulo, Brazil via Addis Ababa. Preliminary investigations reveal the suspect had swallowed 50 wraps of cocaine before departing Brazil and excreted 48 pellets in Addis Ababa where he handed them over to another person. He however claimed he was unable to excrete the remaining two wraps at the hotel room in Addis Ababa before boarding his flight but later excreted them in the aircraft restroom during the flight from Ethiopia to Lagos. In the same vein, after three weeks of painstaking investigation and tracking, operatives of the MMIA command of NDLEA on Saturday night, 25th June arrested a drug kingpin, Onyekachi Chukwuma Macdonald behind attempts to export 40 parcels of Methamphetamine popularly called Mkpuru Mmiri locally to London, United Kingdom through the NAHCO export shed of the Lagos Airport. Onyekachi was arrested at Manacola estate, Alakuko area of Lagos at the weekend, three weeks after his Mkpuru Mmiri consignment weighing 2.05kilograms was intercepted at the airport and his freight agent, Peter Christopher Anikan arrested on 7th June. During his interview, the suspect said he’s from Ahiazu, Mbaise Local Government Area of Imo state, and had lived in Dubai, UAE for 10 years before returning to Nigeria in 2019. He stated that after his return to Nigeria he opened a phone accessories shop in Sango Otta, Ogun state but the business collapsed. He then started sending cigarettes to London and decided to conceal the illicit drug in the consignment after advice from a friend. Closely related is the seizure of another consignment of 2kg Mkpuru Mmiri at a courier house in Owerri, Imo state. The cargo seized on Wednesday 22nd June had Ankara and lace fabrics in which two cylindrical cellophanes containing the drug heading to Hong Kong were concealed. Also at the Lagos airport, NDLEA operatives on Friday 24th June intercepted 500,000 tablets of Tramadol 225mg packed in 10 cartons and labeled Tramaking imported from Karachi, Pakistan on Emirates Airline. The consignment weighing 407.60kg was seized during a joint examination with Customs and NAFDAC officials. The same day, a Dubai, UAE-bound passenger, Alegbeleye Taiwo was arrested at the departure hall of the MMIA with 40 ampoules of pentazocine injection. The 21-year-old suspect claims he’s from Osun state. Meanwhile, two kingpins behind the importation of two recent drug consignments from Canada concealed in vehicle containers through the Tincan seaport in Apapa, Lagos have been arrested by NDLEA operatives. One of them, Gboyega Ayoola Elegbeji was arrested at his house, 14 Bakare Street, Idi Araba, Lagos on Wednesday 22nd June, for importing a 40ft container TRHU7874497 containing 33 parcels of cannabis indica (Colorado) weighing16.5kg. The second suspect, Sunday Joe Oyebola, (aka Otunba) was arrested on Thursday 23rd June. He’s linked to the importation of a 40ft container MEDU4389887 containing four vehicles used to conceal 290 parcels weighing 145kg cannabis indica (Colorado) from Montreal, Canada. He had been on the run since March and had in the course of the investigation attempted to bribe officers with N10million to influence the case. Chairman/Chief Executive of NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) commended the officers and men of the MMIA, Tincan, and Imo state Commands of the Agency for the drug seizures and arrests, especially of those who thought they could evade the long arm of the law. He encouraged them and their compatriots across other formations to intensify their efforts toward achieving set goals.
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NDLEA Arrests Brazilian Returnee With Cocaine In Private Part, Seizes London-Bound Meth Consignments At Lagos Airport, Imo

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By Olatunde Dodondawa    …Wanted 2 drug kingpins behind seized Tincan port shipments nabbed A Brazilian returnee, Igwedum Uche Benson has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, at the arrival hall of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja Lagos with pellets of cocaine concealed in […]

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NDLEA Arrest Drug Lord In Ondo, As Italy Based Nigerian Excretes 95 Pellets Of Heroine At Abuja Airport
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Drug Lord Arrested In Ondo, As Italy Based Nigerian Excretes 95 Pellets Of Heroine At Abuja Airport

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By Olatunde Dodondawa …Tons of Tramadol, and cannabis were seized in Edo, Kaduna, Kogi, A/Ibom, Oyo The wanted drug kingpin behind the 2000.6kg Cannabis Sativa seized in a concrete mixer truck in Adamawa State on 2nd December 2021, Henry Chukwuneku Okamaru (a.k.a. Lawrence Ik Okamaru) has been arrested in Ondo […]

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NDLEA Intercepts N1.1billion Travelers’ Cheques, 10.89kg of Cocaine At Lagos Airport
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NDLEA Intercepts N1.1billion Travelers’ Cheques, 10.89kg of Cocaine At Lagos Airport

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By Olatunde Dodondawa …Seizes 2.3million Tramadol tabs, 2,919 bottles of Codeine in Kaduna Travelers’ cheques in different foreign currencies with a total value of One Billion, One Hundred and Fifty-Seven Million, Six Hundred and Seventy Thousand, Four Hundred and Sixty Nine Naira, and Ninety Two Kobo (N1,157, 670,469.92) have been […]

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Why We Raided Abuja Hotel – NDLEA Speaks

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By Olatunde Dodondawa Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have raided and sealed Diplomatic Suite Hotel, Asokoro, Abuja in a joint operation with men of the Department of State Services, DSS to stop a cannabis party and the launch of a suspected new psychoactive drink. About 200 […]

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Tramadol Tablets Of 9.5Million Pieces Worth N5Billion Seized At Lagos Airport, Abuja, Edo
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Tramadol Tablets Of 9.5Million Pieces Worth N5Billion Seized At Lagos Airport, Abuja, Edo

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By Olatunde Dodondawa Tramadol Tablets 9.5M Pieces Worth N5Billion Seized At Lagos Airport, Abuja, Edo …As NDLEA records largest cocaine seizure at Port Harcourt airport; arrests 7 drug dealers in Kano No less than 9.5 million tablets of pharmaceutical opioids: Tramadol and Exol 5 worth over N5billion have been seized […]

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…As NDLEA recovers in Ogun 865.2kg drugs smuggled from the Benin Republic; 30,880 tablets of Tramadol, Diazepam, Exol-5 in Kaduna
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52-Year-Old Businessman Arrested With 20.75kg Black Liquid Cocaine In Makeup Mascara At Abuja Airport

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…As NDLEA recovers in Ogun 865.2kg drugs smuggled from the Benin Republic; 30,880 tablets of Tramadol, Diazepam, Exol-5 in Kaduna By Olatunde Dodondawa For the first time in history, a 52-year-old father of four children who claims to be a businessman, Okeke Adolphus Anayochukwu has been arrested with black liquid […]

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