NDLEA MOURNS CROSS RIVER COMMANDER, OGBONNA MAURICE
Narcotic Commander UZOMA slumped and died in a hotel where he had taken up temporary residence, one month he resumed duty in Calabar on August 18, 2025.
Narcotic Commander UZOMA slumped and died in a hotel where he had taken up temporary residence, one month he resumed duty in Calabar on August 18, 2025.
This comes about three months after of the Senior Pastor of House on the Rock Church, with headquarters in Lekki, turned himself in at the Lagos State Police Command Headquarters, Ikeja, for interrogation over the incident in the Lekki axis of Lagos.
The spokesman for the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, FEMI BABAFEMI, confirmed the development in a statement, saying it was based on the intervention of the Federal Government.
SP ABIMBOLA ADEBISI replaces CSP BENJAMIN HUNDEYIN who was recently elevated to the position of Force Public Relations Officer and transferred to the Force Headquarters in Abuja.
Justice MUSA LIMAN of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja made the decision based on an application by KANU’s lawyer, UCHENNA NJOKU; Senior Advocate of Nigeria, as the annual vacation by judges came to an end today, September 15.
NDLEA officers, who were put on surveillance over the consignment, swooped on a clearing agent and two drivers who were trying to move the shipment out of the airport in two trucks on Thursday, September 11, 2025.
The DSS told the court that USMAN used proceeds from his illegal mining activities to acquire arms for terrorism and kidnapping purposes.
The attack on worshippers at the Saint Francis Catholic Church in Owo on June 5, 2022, claimed the lives of more than forty persons.
Nineteen-one Malawian nationals, including thirty-seven children, were rescued during the raid after they were found working in appalling conditions.
The DSS had in a letter dated September 7, 2025, accused SOWORE of making criminal and derogatory remarks against President TINUBU in a post on X on August 26.
NDLEA spokesman said investigations revealed that one ADEBISI ADEMOLA OMOYELE, who is currently hiding in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, is the ringleader of the criminal network and coordinates their overseas operations.
The Ogun State Police Command PPRO said with the Gateway Shield, Ogun State becomes a model for citizen-centric security, driven by innovation anchored on trust.
Until his present appointment, he was the Police Public Relations Officer for the Lagos State Police Command.
The police spokesman said the Commissioner of Police also approved the redeployment of some Divisional Police Officers in the affected area, to bring new driver towards curtailing crime in the area.
A Finnish newspaper reports that the court also found EKPA guilty of aggravated tax fraud in a ruling delivered earlier today, Monday, September 1, 2025.
The Police spokesman said that the incident at the Balogun Market, which occurred at about 11am, had nothing to do with tribe or ethnicity.
The Police Public Relations Officer, CSP BENJAMIN HUNDEYIN, disclosed in a statement that the detained policemen will face orderly room trial, while ABIODUN ORIORIO has been declared wanted.
NDLEA Director of Media and Advocacy, FEMI BABAFEMI, paraded the suspects before newsmen at the agency’s headquarters in Abuja, joined by the Director of Assets and Financial Investigation, ABDUL IBRAHIM, and the Director of Prosecution and Legal Services, THERESA ASUQUO.
The NDLEA spokesman said during interrogation, IFEOMA HENRIETTA EZEWUIKE claimed she inherited the drug trade from her husband who died two years ago.
The PPRO, CSP BENJAMIN HUNDEYIN said after the driver fled with the vehicle documents and key, officers searched the vehicle and discovered an Army jungle hat, two ATM cards, and two bags containing cannabis.
The PPRO said ONAMADE KAYODE is currently cooperating with ongoing investigations to apprehend other cult members and recover weapons in their possession, after which he will be prosecuted accordingly.
The PPRO said following a detailed investigation of the case, detectives arrested FAVOUR SUNDAY, 25; IKOT MOSES, 28; DICKSON IGHOBUE HARRISON, 35; JOSHUA ADEDAMOLA, 27; and DANIEL JONATHAN, 26.
PSC spokesman, IKECHUKWU ANI, disclosed in a statement that the decision of the Commission has been transmitted to the Inspector General of Police for implementation in a letter signed by the Secretary to the Commission, ONYEMUCHE NNAMANI.
Part of the revelations in the affidavit indicate that the sum of over Six Hundred and Sixty-Six Million Naira found in the bank accounts are suspected to be proceeds of unlawful activities.
The convicts are 37-year-old AJETSIBO EMAMI, popularly known as ‘Warri Kinsman’, and 51-year-old SOLOMON AKPOMUAI.
Following the breakthrough, the PPRO said the Command’s Special Squad 1 has taken over the case to arrest other fleeing members and dismantle the criminal network.
The Police Public Relations Officer, CSP BENJAMIN HUNDEYIN, disclosed in a statement that items recovered from IWAJOMO include an AK-49 rifle and magazines, with twenty rounds of live ammunition.
The PPRO said during interrogation, one of the suspects confessed that the money was collected at Kehoy Hotel, Iperu, Ogun State, from a man described as “Political Solution”, acting on the directive of his supervisor.
The PPRO said the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, CP Olohundare Jimoh, commends the operatives for their swift and professional action.
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