Published 13th Nov, 2022

By Joseph Adeiye

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has apprehended Mr. and Mrs. Jesutofunmi Solomon for possessing 273 bags of cannabis sativa weighing 3.5 kilogrammes.

NDLEA stated this in an official statement Femi Babafemi, its director of media and advocacy, signed on Sunday. It said that the Solomons were among 20 suspects it recently arrested during Ogun, Osun, Ondo and Edo raids.

“Operatives in Ogun State in the early hours of Saturday, 12th Nov., raided a warehouse in the Ogere area of Ikene LGA, where they seized 273 jumbo bags of cannabis sativa weighing 3,533 kilogrammes from a couple, Mr. and Mrs. Jesutofunmi Solomon. This came on the heels of the seizure of 176kgs of C/S at Ogere trailer park on Wednesday, 9th Nov., and the destruction of 15 hectares of cannabis plantation in the Gbamgbam area of the state,” NDLEA stated.

“NDLEA operatives attached to the SAHCO import shed of the MMIA Lagos have intercepted another consignment of Tramadol from Karachi, Pakistan. A total of 6 cartons comprising 497,900 tablets of Royal Tramaking brand of Tramadol 225mg with a gross weight of 304.90 kilograms were recovered after a joint examination by stakeholders on Friday, 11th Nov.”

Nigerian cities continue to serve as major drug peddling hubs where tonnes of illicit substances go through obscure supply chains.

The drug enforcement agency has linked even socialites to Nigeria’s illicit drug dealing industry.

NDLEA arrested Alhaji Ademola Afolabi Kazeem (a.k.a Alhaji Abdallah Kazeem Muhammed), owner of Adekaz Hotels, over offences bordering on exportation and trafficking of illicit drugs as well as money laundering on Thursday.

Bolujoko Muyiwa Babalola, a Lagos BRT driver serving as Kazeem’s drug mule, had been caught with almost a kilogramme of cocaine at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja, on June 27. It was Babalola who named Kazeem as the owner of the 900 grammes of cocaine he had ingested.

Kazeem refused to honour the NDLEA’s invitation, and a Federal High Court in Lagos declared him wanted on November 1.

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