Ex-Lagos councillor linked to illicit drug sales, trafficking in NDLEA net
A FORMER Councillor at Ibeju-Lekki Local Government Area, Lagos State, Sheleru Sadiq Olalekan, has been arrested by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) operatives, following intelligence linking him to
A FORMER Councillor at Ibeju-Lekki Local Government Area, Lagos State, Sheleru Sadiq Olalekan, has been arrested by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) operatives, following intelligence linking him to illicit drug sale and trafficking.
The agency’s Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA Headquarters, Abuja, Femi Babafemi, who made this known in a statement, said the 45-year-old ex-councillor, who is a legislative aide, was arrested last Monday at his residence in Ilado, Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos where a search was conducted and 40 kilograms of skunk, a strain of cannabis, were recovered from his room.
Babafemi said Sheleru admitted ownership of the exhibit and the property.
The agency’s operatives also intercepted a commercial bus with 500 pieces of improvised explosive device (IED) components in Niger State.
Babafemi said their operatives on patrol on Mokwa-Jebba Road intercepted the bus moving from Ibadan, Oyo State with the components concealed in a white sack meant for a recipient at Pelegi. But, they were nabbed with Osama Abdullahi, 21, at Pelegi, Mashegu Local Government Area.
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At the Federal Capital Territory(FCT), Babafemi said, NDLEA officers last Tuesday intercepted a 32-year-old businessman Emeka Hyginus Okwor, in a vehicle coming from Obollo- Afor in Enugu State to Zuba, FCT.
When Okwor’s luggage was searched, he said, 1,000 pills of tapentadol 250mg, were found in baby diapers.
The suspect admitted ownership and that he was taking the consignment to Guduwa village in Gurara Local Government Area of Niger State where he has a provision store.
Babafemi said on the same day, NDLEA operatives on patrol on Kabba/Obajana highway, Kogi State, seized a consignment of Colorado, a synthetic strain of cannabis weighing 1.550kg concealed in a standing fan carton belonging to 36-year-old Cameroonian, Mey Ali Muhamat, who hails from Maroua, Cameroon.
He said the suspect was travelling in a commercial bus from Lagos to Cameroon enroute Lokoja, Kano and Maiduguri.
“No fewer than 122,000 pills of tramadol and 700grams of methamphetamine were recovered from the false bottom of a truck marked ENU 645XX conveying 2000 cartons of local drinks by NDLEA operatives in Yola, Adamawa State on March 4.
While Muhammed Ali, 20, was nabbed at Gadar Tamburawa, Kano, on Tuesday, March 3, with 11,283 pills of tramadol, NDLEA officers in Ogun State raided Ogere, where they arrested two suspects - Nazifi Mudansir and Kabiru Musa - in possession of 46 kilograms of skunk.
“In Delta, two suspects - Joy Chukwuma, 25, and Eugene Felix, 22, were nabbed on Saturday, March 7 at Ogwashi Uku with 18.63kg skunk, 10.8 litres of codeine-based syrup and 4,268 pills of tramadol and swinol.
“A 48-year-old suspect, Eke London, and his accomplice Austin Isusi, 49, were arrested at Egbisi forest, Uhumwonde Local Government Area, Edo State where 1,910.25kg of skunk was destroyed by NDLEA operatives on two farms, while at Ikhin town, Owan East Local Government Area , another suspect Alaba Adeboye, 47, was apprehended with 176.50kg skunk,’’ Babafemi added.
Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of NDLEA, Brig.-Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (rtd), expressed satisfaction with the works of his officers and enjoined them and their colleagues to continue with the battle against drug sale and trafficking.
