NDLEA Declares Drug Kingpin, 3 Associates Wanted, Freezes N9.8b in Bank Accounts

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has declared wanted a suspected drug kingpin, identified as NNAMUKA KELVIN UCHENNA, a.k.a ODOGWU.

The suspect is wanted alongside three of his alleged associates, namely: EMMANUELLA CHINONSO IROKA, NNAMUKA IFEANYI KINGSLEY and EKECHI FRANKLIN CHIJIOKE.

The NDLEA alleged that the wanted suspects are linked to drug money laundering and a clandestine laboratory for the production of methamphetamine at Isiozi, in Umuaka, Njaba Local Government Area of Imo State.

NDLEA spokesman, FEMI BABAFEMI, who made this known in a statement, said the suspects were declared wanted based on the order of Justice INIEKENIMI NICHOLAS OWEIBO of the Federal High Court sitting in Owerri, Imo state.

BABAFEMI said the order was granted based on the NDLEA’s application in suit No.FHC/OW/CS/22/2026 before the court on 3rd July 2026.

He said following the discovery of the clandestine methamphetamine producing laboratory on February 25, 2026, where 18.4 kilograms of the illicit substance and other items were recovered, the wanted suspects linked to the meth lab went into hiding.

“Through forensic investigation of the meth syndicate by NDLEA operatives, bank accounts linked to the wanted suspects, with a combined balance of N9,840,873,566.66 (Nine Billion, Eight Hundred and Forty Million, Eight Hundred and Seventy-Three Thousand, Five Hundred and Sixty-Six Naira, Sixty-Six Kobo, only) was frozen”.

The NDLEA spokesman further disclosed that the agency has also secured interim forfeiture orders covering multibillion naira assets owned by members of the syndicate, including a filling station, multi-storey residential buildings and four Sport Utility Vehicles (SUVs) marked RLU 148 AJ; KJA 563 FZ; BWR 249 DY and FST 208 HU.