The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has uncovered an attempt to export cocaine concealed in body cream containers to the United Kingdom and carried out several operations across the country, including a raid on a Lagos nightclub where a drug party was underway.
According to a statement by NDLEA’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, operatives intercepted seventy parcels of cocaine weighing 3.6 kilograms at the export shed of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja, Lagos, on October 14, 2025.
The illicit substance was factory-packed in the walls of cocoa butter formula body cream containers destined for London aboard an Air Peace flight.
A cargo agent, Lawal Mustapha Olakunle, who presented the consignment for export, was immediately arrested.
Follow-up investigations led to the apprehension of two other principal suspects — Ogunmuyide Taiwo Deborah, a healthcare worker, and Mutiu Adebayo Adebiyi, Chief Executive Officer of Mutiu Adebiyi & Co. travel agency — at his Ikeja GRA office.
In a related operation, NDLEA operatives at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport (AIIA), Enugu, thwarted an attempt by a 35-year-old Lesotho national, Lemena Mark, to export 103.59 grams of methamphetamine concealed in a “diabeta herbs coffee tea” pack to the Philippines on October 22, 2025.
Similarly, a 40-year-old suspect, Umar Abubakar, was arrested at Bode Saadu, in Kwara State, for attempting to move 21,950 capsules of tramadol 250mg concealed inside a 100-litre water heater.
In Lagos, NDLEA operatives on Sunday, October 26, 2025, raided Proxy Night Club, located on Akin Adesola Street, Victoria Island, where a drug party was in progress.
Over one hundred suspects, including the club owner, Mike Eze Nwalie Nwogu, popularly known as Pretty Mike, were arrested and taken into custody for screening.
Cartons of illicit substances, including Loud and laughing gas, were recovered from guests and the club’s storage area.
The operation followed intelligence reports about the drug-themed party, which officers embedded undercover disrupted around 3 a.m. based on Standard Operating Procedures.
In Abia State, NDLEA operatives arrested a 75-year-old man, Echendu Onuoka, at Ovum village, Obingwa Local Government Area, with 4.7 kilograms of skunk, while a 60-year-old woman, Aukana John, was caught with 225 grams of the same substance at Apanta village in the same council area.
In Lagos, a mother of two, Oyonumoh Glory Effiong, identified as a major distributor of Canadian and California Loud across Lekki, Ikoyi, Victoria Island, Ajah and VGC, was arrested on October 17, 2025, after NDLEA operatives raided her Lekki residence, recovering 500 grams of the illicit drug.
Similarly, officers raided the home of Ogunyabo Adenigbigbe at Solomade Estate, Ikorodu, where they seized 275 litres of skuchies — a new psychoactive drink produced with blackcurrant, cannabis and opioids.
The agency also recorded multiple seizures across the country.
In Taraba State, Auwal Musa, 26, and Salihu Bala, 22, were arrested at the Dan-Anacha checkpoint with 450,000 pills of tramadol and exol-5 hidden in a truck conveying building materials from Onitsha to Mubi.
Along the Okene–Lokoja highway in Kogi State, NDLEA officers intercepted 162.2 kilograms of skunk, while in Nasarawa, 128 kilograms of the same substance were recovered from Abubakar Muhammad, 55, in the Keffi area.
In Zamfara State, NDLEA operatives on patrol along the Gummi–Anka road arrested a suspect, Abubakar Ibrahim, 30, in possession of an AK-47 rifle and 1,746 rounds of ammunition meant for AK-47 and GPMG rifles.
He was reportedly transporting the weapons from Sokoto to Bagega forest in Anka Local Government Area.
The suspect and the exhibits have since been handed over to the appropriate security agency for further investigation.
Babafemi noted that in addition to enforcement operations, NDLEA commands and formations across the country intensified their War Against Drug Abuse (WADA) sensitization campaigns during the week.
The programmes targeted schools, workplaces, religious centres and communities in Oyo, Kebbi, Enugu, Benue, Taraba, Rivers and Kano States, among others.
Commending the officers involved in the arrests and seizures, the NDLEA Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Brigadier General Mohamed Buba Marwa (Rtd.), praised their dedication and urged them to sustain the momentum.
He emphasized the importance of maintaining a balanced approach to drug control, combining enforcement with public education to curb the menace of drug abuse nationwide.
