By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter CRACKDOWN CONTINUES on drug trafficking as the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) apprehended an automobile spare parts dealer, Levi Chidiebele Ubodoeze, over a foiled attempt to smuggle cocaine to Angola. This arrest comes just weeks after he was declared wanted for the crime. The operatio...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter THE NATIONAL Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has apprehended Alhaja Aishat Feyisara Ajoke Elediye, a 61-year-old Lagos socialite and notorious drug kingpin known as “Iya Ruka,” following the interception of a truckload of illicit drugs linked to her operations. On January 1, 2025, ND...
EFFORTS TO smuggle large quantities of cocaine, methamphetamine, and opioids to destinations including the United Kingdom, Italy, Turkey, and Qatar have been intercepted in a series of well-coordinated operations by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). The agency successfully thwarted multiple attempts at the Murtala Muhammed Inte...
By Joke Kujenya EMPHASIZING THE strategic importance of targeting assets linked to drug crimes, Brig Gen Mohamed Buba Marwa (Rtd), Chairman of the NDLEA, asserts that this initiative, launched in January 2021, has led to multiple arrests and successful prosecutions. He noted that these convictions highlight the NDLEA’s robust legal approach in...
