Abugu Oliver Ikechukwu, a 41-year-old businessman based in São Paulo, Brazil, was arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) after arriving in Lagos with shirts and towels impregnated with liquid cocaine.
NDLEA spokesperson Femi Babafemi said Abugu was detained at Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja, on Thursday, June 11, 2026, when he landed from Brazil via Addis Ababa on an Ethiopian Airlines flight.
A detailed inspection of his luggage uncovered 14 garments - shirts and towels - that had been soaked in liquid cocaine, then dried and neatly ironed. The total weight of the recovered narcotic was 6.10 kilograms.
According to his statement, Abugu has lived in Brazil for more than 14 years, where he operates an African restaurant. He told investigators he traveled to Nigeria to visit his wife and purchase food supplies in bulk for his business.
Meanwhile, a 60-year-old woman Chidimma Sunday and a 28-year-old man Abubakar Usman, both persons living with disability have been taken into NDLEA custody in Abia and Rivers state, respectively, following their involvement in illicit drug trade.
While Chidimma was nabbed with 1.8kg skunk by Umuosu vigilante group in Umuna autonomous community, Isialangwa North LGA Abia State, and handed over to NDLEA on Wednesday June 10, 2026, Abubakar was arrested at Rumuokoro, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, with 400 grams of skunk, 5 grams of methamphetamine, 100 grams of tramadol, 5 grams of swinol and 18 grams of diazepam during a raid by NDLEA officers on Tuesday June 9.
In Delta, NDLEA operatives on Monday June 8, arrested a suspect Onya Jude, 36, in possession of five gas cylinders used to conceal 2.8 kilograms of Loud, a strong strain of cannabis at Ogwashi uku, Aniocha South area of the state.
This was followed by the arrest of two notorious dealers - 40-year-old Jamilu Idris (a.k.a Jama) and 33-year-old Aminu Abdullahi (a.k.a Momo) at Kasuwan Katako area of Gombe, Gombe State. They were caught with three big blocks of skunk that weighed 2.738kg at the time of their arrest by NDLEA operatives.
While Ngozi Gaius, 39, was nabbed along Zaria/Kano road, Kano State on Friday June 12 conveying 6,000 pills of tramadol 225mg, two suspects - Nasiru Hamza, 47; and Muhammad Sani, 38, were intercepted by NDLEA operatives on patrol along Bode Saadu Road, Kwara State conveying 600 compressed blocks of skunk weighing 304kg in a black Toyota jeep with special registration number: P JHR 783 on Tuesday June 9.
In Taraba, NDLEA officers acting on credible intelligence on Saturday June 13, raided the warehouse of a notorious dealer Ali Adamu, 45, at Maihula village, Bali LGA where 63 jumbo bags of cannabis sativa weighing 1,121.5 kilograms, were recovered.
Same day, operatives on patrol along Gwagwalada Expressway, FCT, Abuja, arrested Emmanuel Nnadi, 46, and seized from him assorted illicit substances including: 30,400 pills of Tramadol 225mg and 100mg; 750 pills of Pregabline 300mg; 200 pills of Molly; and 592 bottles of Codeine-based syrup.
A large consignment of Ghana Loud, a strain of cannabis, weighing 1,102 kilograms, was recovered around Alaba International Market, Ojo area of Lagos on Saturday June 13.
With the same zeal, Commands and formations of the Agency across the country 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 for students and staff of Government Science School, Lafia, Nasarawa; Community Secondary School, Imufu, Enugu Ezike, Enugu; Araromi Junior Secondary School, Adekunle Sari-Iganmu, Ijora, Lagos; traditional leaders in Minjibir LGA, Kano; and St. Charles College, Onitsha, Anambra; while the Rivers state command of NDLEA paid a WADA advocacy visit to His Royal Majesty, Eze Onyekachi Amaonwu, Paramount Ruler of Eberi Omuma kingdom, among others.
While commending the officers, men and women of MMIA, Abia, Rivers, Kano, Kwara, Delta, Gombe, Lagos, and FCT Commands for the arrests and seizures, Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Rtd) noted their drug supply reduction efforts balanced with WADA sensitization activities while he charged them and their compatriots across the country to continue to surpass their previous records.
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