The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested Alayi Madu, a rehabilitated former Boko Haram fighter, with 10 kilograms of skunk along Abuja-Kaduna express road.

NDLEA officers arrested him on Thursday while he was travelling to Maiduguri, Borno State, with the illicit drug hidden in a sack.

A statement by Femi Babafemi, the NDLEA’s spokesperson, on Sunday revealed that 26-year-old Madu had fought for the Boko Haram terrorist group for 15 years before he surrendered to the military two years earlier.

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“In his statement, Madu said he is from Banki town, Borno State, and joined the notorious terrorist organisation in 2006 when he was nine years old,” said the NDLEA.

“He said he repented and surrendered to the military in 2021, after which he underwent rehabilitation and de- radicalisation processes at Umaru Shehu rehabilitation centre, Maiduguri and Malam Sidi de-radicalization centre, Gombe, before he was discharged after spending six months.

“Thereafter, he traveled to Ibadan, Oyo State, where he worked as a commercial motorcycle rider (Okada rider) before going into drug trafficking and his eventual arrest along Abuja-Kaduna express road.”

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In a related development, the anti-graft agency intercepted 11.90 kilograms of heroin and 500 grams of skunk concealed in deep freezers which were part of a cargo that arrived from South Africa last Tuesday onboard Ethiopian Airline via Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Five suspects, Dairo Quam, Oluwaseun Ogunmene, Adeleke Abdulrasaq, Bamidele Adewale and Oluwafemi Ogunmeru have been arrested in connection with the seizure.

Similarly, the officers found 1.20kilogram of tramadol capsules in a bag belonging to Aigbedion Philomena, a passenger on an Ethiopian Airline flight.

She had concealed the drugs in a gift wrapping sheet and covered it with old daily newspapers.

“At the Idiroko land border, NDLEA operatives acting on intelligence on Thursday 9th March intercepted a commercial Toyota Camry Salon Car with reg. number JJJ 756 HB (Lagos) along Ilase-Akoko road, Idiroko, with 34 compressed jumbo size wraps of imported skunk weighing 17kg and concealed in two cooking gas cylinders,” said the NDLEA.

“Two suspects in the car, Benjamin Ajose, 48 and Oluwatobiloba Ajayi, 37, were arrested.”