No be small matter as NDLEA operatives just catch one notorious drug trafficker, Nwobodo Chidiebere Basil. Na im be this guy wey don already collect prison time for dealing 30.10kg of methamphetamine for 2023, and now this guy don land for trouble again, plenty trouble wey fit make person head spin!
This latest drama happen as operatives nabbed Nwobodo and three cargo agents dem, after dem seize 75 parcels of cocaine wey weigh 1.50 kilograms. Dem hide this cocaine inside factory-sealed sachets of cold-water starch wey dey go United Kingdom for export shed wey dey for Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja, Lagos. E be like say dem really want make nobody see their carry-go.
According to wetin NDLEA talk through their spokesperson, three cargo agents wey follow am do this wicked business be Jubrin Firdausi Hassana, Kuku Daniel Oluwasegun, and Igwe Chioma Jane. Dem catch these agents on Saturday, December 20, 2025, before dem fit find out say Nwobodo na the kingpin wey dey mastermind everything!
Dem arrest Nwobodo on December 21, na him dey hang out with hin babe for one popular relaxation center dey chill when operatives land am. People wey sabi dey call am playboy sef! Na wah!
Make I yarn small background. This Nwobodo no be first time dem catch am. In May 2023, na im first collect belle when dem seize 30.10kg methamphetamine wey dem hide for powdered custard containers going to London, wey dey also from MMIA. Dem carry am go court, and dem give am five years imprisonment but with option of fine wey be ₦7,000,000.00 plus one month community service. As na person wey no dey hear word, Nwobodo just pay the fine, come back to the same waka!
Wetin make this situation dey interesting na say NDLEA no just dey sit down for one place. On December 22, 2025, dem burn plenty skunk (cannabis) for Ara forest, Ara-Ekiti, where dem recover 638 kilograms of the same thing. Dem no go let this drug matter rest.
For Edo State, dem catch another 1,205 blocks of compressed cannabis wey weigh 883.1kg when dem stop three Toyota Camry vehicles. Na wah! And e no stop there; dem still catch 42-year-old lady, Joy Oisamaye, with 38kg of skunk for Abuja expressway. No be say dem dey slack for this work.
In Cross River, as operatives dey raid Agoi-Ibami community, dem arrest three suspects with different quantities of skunk. Most of the guys dey young, with the oldest being 30 years. Wetin this youth like wey they no fit find better job? Abeg, make dem shine their eyes.
For Lagos, dem catch two suspects, Ajoke Dauda and Oluwasegun Felix, with skunk wey weigh 45.5kg and 18.5kg respectively just when Christmas dey come. How dem wan celebrate this Christmas sef? Na by collecting plenty wahala!
Meanwhile, for Taraba state, two more suspects dey on the run after NDLEA catch dem with 48kg of skunk. These drug peddlers really dey everywhere o! Even 65-year-old man wey dey carry 300 ampoules of pentazocine injection plus 27,900 pills of tramadol no dey respect age again! Na serious matter.
Even as NDLEA dey take down all these bad guys, one businessman, Ignatius Egbochie (alias Brown), dey wanted for seizure of 56 parcels of Loud wey weigh 26kg at the Tincan seaport. They finally catch am on December 19, for Apapa, after long wahala. This one really show say Naija no dey sleep when it come to stop drug trafficking!
The Chairman of NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Rtd), dey very happy with wetin him operatives don dey do across the country, tell dem say make dem maintain high standard throughout this festive season. Because this drug wahala no go end until dem put more effort!
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