NDLEA Seizes 500 Bomb-Making Components, Cameroonian With Cannabis in Kogi

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted a consignment of 500 components used for making improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in Kogi State, while also arresting a Cameroonian national transporting a shipment of cannabis.

According to NDLEA’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, the IED components were found along the Mokwa–Jebba Road in Niger State, inside a commercial bus traveling from Ibadan. The intended recipient, Osama Abdullahi, 21, was apprehended in Pelegi, Mashegu Local Government Area.

In a separate operation on March 3, NDLEA officers intercepted 1.550 kg of Colorado, a synthetic cannabis strain, hidden in a standing fan carton along the Kabba–Obajana highway in Kogi State. The suspect, Mey Ali Muhamat, 36, a Cameroonian from Maroua, was arrested while traveling from Lagos to Cameroon via Lokoja, Kano, and Maiduguri.

Other notable seizures include:

Abuja: Emeka Hyginus Okwor, 32, caught transporting 1,000 Tapentadol 250mg pills concealed in baby diapers, destined for Gurara Local Government Area, Niger State.

Yola: 122,000 tramadol pills and 700g of methamphetamine hidden in a truck transporting local drinks.

Kano: Muhammed Ali, 20, arrested with 11,283 tramadol pills at Gadar Tamburawa.

Ogun: Two suspects, Nazifi Mudansir and Kabiru Musa, held with 46 kg of skunk in Ogere community.

Delta: Joy Chukwuma, 25, and Eugene Felix, 22, arrested with 18.63 kg of skunk, 10.8 liters of codeine syrup, and 4,268 pills of tramadol and swinol.

Edo: NDLEA destroyed cannabis farms in Egbisi Forest, Uhunmwonde LGA, seizing 1,910.25 kg of skunk and arresting Eke London, 48, and Austin Isusi, 49. Another suspect, Alaba Adeboye, 47, was apprehended in Ikhin with 176.5 kg of skunk.

NDLEA Chairman and CEO, Mohamed Buba Marwa, commended officers across Lagos, FCT, Kano, Niger, Kogi, Edo, Ogun, Delta, and Adamawa for their dedication in curbing drug trafficking and related crimes. He urged operatives to maintain the agency’s balanced strategy of enforcement and public awareness campaigns.