NDLEA UPDATE: Abuja-Based Yinka Agboola, Others Arrested for Drug-Related Crimes

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have a suspected drug kingpin, identified as ISIHOR EDIKA, during a raid at the Arokpa forest in Ezebba town, Owan West Local Government Area, Edo State. The NDLEA Director of Media and Advocacy, FEMI BABAFEMI, said fifty-three-year-old ISIHOR EDIKA was arrested on Tuesday, January 13, 2026, with three hundred and twenty kilograms of Cannabis skunk and seeds seized from him. BABAFEMI disclosed in a statement that NDLEA operatives also arrested a forty-four-year-old woman, identified as YINKA AGBOOLA, for alleged involvement in the sale of illicit hard drugs, with two-point-two kilograms of Cannabis skunk and oil extract recovered from her kitchen. The spokesman said investigation by the NDLEA shows that AGBOOLA produce the cannabis oil in her kitchen and sells same to clients who contact her mainline through online advertisement. He said another suspect, TORDUE PIUS RICHARD, 30, was equally arrested on Tuesday, January 13, 2026, with 148.3 grams of cocaine and skunk recovered at his residence on 12 Biskira street, Abacha Estate, Abuja. Furthermore, NDLEA operatives seized 118.1kg skunk from the duo of DAUDA KAREEM and SAHEED OBISESAN at Fadeyi area of Mushin Lagos on Friday 16th January. Not less than 116kg of same substance was recovered from a warehouse at new market area of Enugu, Enugu state same day. Two suspects: ZAHARADEEN YAHAYA, 25, and SANUSI MAMAN, 23, were on Thursday, January 15, arrested by NDLEA operatives along the Onitsha -Asaba expressway, Delta state, while conveying 410,800 pills of tramadol; 84.2 litres of codeine syrup; 82,250 tablets of diazepam; 900 tabs of swinol and 65 pills of Molly. In Oyo state, Adetunji Ahmed Abayomi, 33, was nabbed on Thursday 15th January at Moniya, Ibadan, with 321 litres of skuchies, and 2.5kg Colorado, a synthetic strain of cannabis, while Rasheed Ajao, 28, was caught same day at Odo-Ona, Ibadan, in possession of 5.4kg Scottish Loud; 1.696kg skunk and 2.5kg Colorado, bringing the total weight to 9.696 kilograms. In another raid at Agbeni area of the state capital, 52,430 pills of tramadol and bromazepam were recovered from the store of Orji Edwin, currently at large, on Saturday 17th January. In Kwara state, NDLEA operatives on Tuesday 13th January raided a residential building at Gamo area of Ilorin where they seized 42 bags of skunk that weighed 387.40kg, while a total of 157,519 bottles of codeine syrup were discovered in a container at the Apapa port in Lagos during a joint examination of the shipment by NDLEA, Customs and other security agencies on Friday 16th January. An ex-convict, Gaddafi Ammani, 26, was arrested with various quantities of skunk and exol-5 pills along his accomplice ⁠Ahmed Sani, 32, at Nassarawa GRA, Ringim LGA Jigawa state on Saturday 17th January. Before Gaddafi’s arrest, he attempted to escape by climbing the roofs of many houses in his bid to escape. He was armed with a machete which he used to threaten NDLEA operatives and even inflicted injury on one of the officers. Across all Commands and formations of the Agency nationwide, NDLEA officers continued their War Against Drug Abuse (WADA) sensitization activities in schools, worship centres, work places and communities among others in the past week. These include: WADA enlightenment lecture to students and staff of Umar Bin Khathab Islamiyyah School, Kurna, Kano; Tumbey College, Kajola Maya, Ikorodu, Lagos; Anglican Secondary School, Makurdi, Benue; members of Katsina emirate, Katsina; and residents of Maitumbi community, Minna, Niger state, among others.