The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a 42-year-old Angolan businessman, Mbala Dajou Abuba, at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport in Kano. Abuba was attempting to traffic a large consignment of cocaine, which he had ingested.
According to NDLEA spokesperson Femi Babafemi, Abuba was arrested on Tuesday, February 25, 2025, while trying to board a flight to Istanbul, Turkey. After a body scan revealed the presence of illicit drugs, Abuba was placed under observation, during which he expelled 120 pellets of cocaine weighing 1.829 kilograms in seven excretions.
Abuba claimed “he was into the business of township delivery services in Angola before delving into the illicit drug trade,” Babafemi said.
In a separate incident, NDLEA operatives thwarted an attempt by an auto spare parts dealer, Okeke Ebuka Igwe, to send two parcels of cocaine concealed in vehicle propellers to Angola. Igwe was arrested on Monday, February 24, following credible intelligence. During an interview with the suspect, he claimed “he is a businessman selling auto parts in ASPANDA, Trade Fair Complex, Ojo area of Lagos.”
Additionally, a suspect, Ezechi Iyke Cyprian, was arrested on Sunday, February 23, while attempting to transport a large consignment of cocaine weighing 5.40 kilograms to Owerri, Imo state.
At the Tincan seaport in Lagos, NDLEA operatives discovered 128 parcels of Canadian Loud, a strong strain of cannabis, concealed in two mattresses in a Toyota Venza car imported from Canada. The 63.75kg consignment was discovered during a joint examination by NDLEA, Customs, and other security agencies. The consignee, 44-year-old Bamidele Joseph, has been arrested and taken into custody.
