Faith Ugochi, prophetess and founder of Christ Power Adoration Ministries, and Igho Ubiribo and Danielle Simba Allen, a celebrity couple, have been linked to drug dealing.

Femi Babafemi, the media and advocacy director of the National Drug Law and Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), stated that the prophetess and the couple had been identified as leaders of a drug chain operating from the United States and recruiting young teenagers from Nigeria.

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“The lid was blown off the cartel when NDLEA operatives at the NAHCO import shed of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos, intercepted a consignment of 32.70 kilograms of Loud, a strong variant of cannabis concealed in cartons of used wears on Wednesday 16th November 2022,” he stated.

“A freight agent, Ukoh Ifeanyi Oguguo, was immediately arrested while further investigations led to the arrest of four more suspects: Chikodi Favour, Obiyom Shalom Chiamaka, Nnochiri Chidinma Promise and Edward Omatseye (aka Montana).”

The agency stated that more suspects were arrested, including two sales girls, Favour and Shalom, who were directly recruited by Ugochi.

“Investigation was able to establish that Favour and Shalom were recruited as salesgirls in the illicit drug trade by Prophetess Ugochi, using her church platform to recruit teenage girls brought to her for help, on behalf of the celebrity couple,” the NDLEA said.

“These couple are the owners of the business, while Edward Omatseye (aka Montana) coordinates the illicit drug trade activities for them in Nigeria, with Nnochiri Chidinma Promise as representative of Ben Cargo Ltd., a freight company responsible for the shipment of illicit consignments into the country.”

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The trio, since receiving invites from the NDLEA, have gone incommunicado and blocked access of communication to them.

“Curiously, they hurriedly moved all funds traced to their company Lasgidi Backwood Ltd., where all proceeds from the sales of illicit drugs were deposited, into a private account of one Victor Imagoro,” said the NDLEA.

“The Agency has since blocked the sum of Eighty Million Naira (N80,000,000) traced to the account and obtained a court order to seize all properties, including a fuel station, linked to the suspects in Lagos and Port Harcourt.”