NDLEA FLAGS SECURITY THREAT AS 'TERROR DRUG' CAPTAGON SEIZURE, ANCHORS NATIONWIDE DRUG BUSTS

NDLEA FLAGS SECURITY THREAT AS 'TERROR DRUG' CAPTAGON SEIZURE, ANCHORS NATIONWIDE DRUG BUSTS 

By Jennifer Nwosu 

Nigeria’s anti-drug agency has recorded a significant breakthrough with the interception of Captagon, a stimulant linked to insurgent activity, even as a wave of coordinated operations exposed the scale and sophistication of illicit drug trafficking across the country. The latest seizure in Kwara State underscores growing concerns that Nigeria could become a transit corridor for substances tied not just to addiction, but to organized violence.

In a statement released by the Director, Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, the agency confirmed that operatives recovered 10,000 pills of Captagon from a passenger, Nasiru Mu’azu, along the Bode Saadu axis. The statement also highlighted remarks by the Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of NDLEA, Mohamed Buba Marwa, who described the seizure as a strategic disruption of drug pipelines that could “fuel violence and criminality,” assuring that such substances would not gain a foothold in Nigeria.

The Kwara operation was part of a broader enforcement sweep. In Oyo State, a 33-year-old businessman, Eze Prince Emeka, was intercepted and later excreted 45 wraps of cocaine weighing over one kilogram, in a trafficking attempt linked to trans-Saharan routes through North Africa and Europe. In Edo State, operatives seized 1.19 million opioid pills from suspects Osagie Igbinibo and Omijie Malik, while a separate operation in Niger State led to the recovery of 394 components of improvised explosive devices from Mohammed Aliyu, pointing to the dangerous overlap between drug trafficking and security threats.

Additional arrests and seizures spanned multiple states. In Lagos, Rasheed Ibuowo was caught with 810 kilograms of cannabis, while in Bauchi, Muktar Bello was found with 154.5 kilograms of skunk. In Ekiti, 466.8 kilograms were recovered from a suspect’s residence and in Cross River, operatives destroyed 20,000 kilograms of cannabis cultivated across eight hectares of farmland, one of the largest such operations in recent months.

The agency also reported the interception of a truck in Kwara carrying large consignments of tramadol, bromazepam and other controlled drugs concealed in a hidden compartment, with suspect Aminu Isah in custody. These methods reflect an increasingly adaptive network leveraging both human couriers and engineered concealment to evade detection.

While commending officers across affected commands, Marwa emphasized that enforcement efforts would continue alongside the agency’s War Against Drug Abuse (WADA) sensitization campaigns nationwide. The latest operations, he noted, reinforce the need for sustained vigilance as traffickers evolve and as the stakes extend beyond public health into national security.

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