NDLEA APPREHENDS GROOM WITH 72 COCAINE WRAPS AT ENUGU AIRPORT

NDLEA APPREHENDS GROOM WITH 72 COCAINE WRAPS AT ENUGU AIRPORT


By Jennifer Nwosu 


A 25-year-old newlywed businessman, Lovely Chukwulobelu, has been arrested by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport (AIIA), Enugu, after ingesting 72 wraps of cocaine allegedly destined for Portugal, where he resides.

In a statement released by the Director, Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, the NDLEA said Chukwulobelu was intercepted at the airport's departure hall on Thursday, September 25, 2026, while preparing to board an Ethiopian Airlines flight to Portugal via Addis Ababa. He was placed under excretion observation and subsequently expelled all 72 wraps of the Class A drug. The suspect said he previously operated a car decoration business at the Trade Fair Complex in Ojo, Lagos, before relocating to Portugal in May 2023, and had returned to Nigeria for his wedding on September 13. He allegedly turned to drug trafficking to offset expenses from the wedding.

At the import shed of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos, NDLEA officers on September 22 seized 2,550,000 pills of Tramaking 225mg, Tramaking 250mg and Royal Tapentadol 250mg, with a combined gross weight of 1,640.55kg. The seizure followed a joint examination of three monitored consignments imported from India and Bangladesh through Qatar Airways, RwandAir and Ethiopian Airlines.

In Bauchi, Umar Hamidu, 35, and Abdulkarim Salihu, 45, were arrested along the Maiduguri bypass with 300 compressed blocks of skunk weighing 262.5kg. The cannabis was concealed in the false bottom of a truck marked MUB757 YH. In Edo, NDLEA officers, supported by soldiers, destroyed two cannabis farms at Eko Camp, Ilushi, with a combined estimated yield of 1,360.23kg on September 23.

Lagos operations on September 26 led to the arrest of Odumabo Kehinde, 36, and Obiekwe Chioma, 40, at Anifowoshe Street, Mushin, where 3.4kg of skunk was recovered. At Ebute-Ero motor park, 58-year-old Ugwu Johnson was arrested with 5.920kg of skunk, 2,400 ampoules of pentazocine injection, 8,400 tablets of nitrazepam and 40,000 tramadol pills.

Two Togolese nationals, Yinusa Abdulsamad, 35, and Fatai Baba, 33, were also arrested on the Iganna-Ilero road in Oyo State with 305.6kg of skunk concealed in two pickup vans. The NDLEA said the suspects were involved in a cross-border trafficking operation moving Ghanaian-sourced cannabis into Nigeria through the Oyo axis.

At the Seme border in Badagry, Lagos, Kingsley John, 40, John Chibuike Okeke, 44, Lamidi Ismaila, 40, Babatunde Samuel, 42, and Afeesu Idowu, 47, were arrested with 420 cartons of nitrous oxide, popularly known as laughing gas, weighing 1,688.4kg. Two vehicles allegedly used to transport the consignment from the border into Lagos were also recovered.

The NDLEA also continued its' War Against Drug Abuse (WADA) campaign during the week with sensitisation programmes at Community High School, Saki, Oyo State; Auchi College, Auchi, Edo State; Alkali Modibbo Islamic Centre, Dukku, Gombe State; and Junior Arabic Secondary School, Kahu, Kibiya LGA, Kano State. The Delta Ports Command also conducted a WADA advocacy visit to His Royal Majesty, Ogiame Atuwatshe III, the Olu of Warri, Delta State.

The Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of NDLEA, Brig. General Mohamed Buba Marwa (Rtd), commended personnel of the MMIA, AIIA, Lagos, Oyo, Edo, Seme and Bauchi Commands for the operations and urged them and other officers nationwide to sustain the agency's balanced approach to drug control.

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