The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has made several major drug-related arrests across Nigeria, uncovering an extensive trafficking network involving students, professionals, and international couriers.
On June 19, 2025, NDLEA operatives arrested a 22-year-old student of Kwara State Polytechnic, Olotin Nifemi, along Kwara Poly Road in Ilorin. She was caught with 1kg of skunk cannabis and identified as a notorious dealer supplying drugs to fellow students.
According to NDLEA spokesperson Femi Babafemi, the arrest is part of a wider clampdown on youth involvement in drug distribution networks within campuses. “She was arrested at her base with 1kg of skunk and has been on our watchlist due to her illicit dealings,” Babafemi said in a statement released on Sunday.
In a separate incident at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos, a 43-year-old makeup artist, Adekoya Mary, was apprehended while attempting to board a Qatar Airways flight to India via Doha. Acting on credible intelligence, the NDLEA placed her under surveillance and allowed her to check in her suitcase. She was intercepted at the boarding gate, where a search revealed 2.2 kilograms of cocaine hidden inside the suitcase lining.
Babafemi explained that Adekoya claimed to be traveling for fibroid surgery but later confessed that she was recruited by a drug baron identified as Akeem Ayinde Adekanbi, who owns Rockford Hotel in Sango, Ogun State.
Further operations across Lagos, Bauchi, Abuja, Kano, and Edo State led to additional seizures, including 1.3kg of Loud cannabis sewn into female dresses headed for Bahrain, and 850 grams of cocaine hidden in clothes hangers destined for Australia. Over a million pills of opioids and kilograms of cannabis were also intercepted across major Nigerian highways.
In Edo, a raid on Ugbada camp led to the destruction of over 4,200kg of skunk. Multiple arrests were made, including notorious dealers and couriers hiding drugs in everyday items like charcoal and supermarket shelves.
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