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NDLEA ARRESTS HOLLYWOOD, NOLLYWOOD FILMMAKER, OTHERS OVER DRUG OFFENCES
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Nicolas Adekeye / 2 weeks
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Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested a US-trained Hollywood and Nollywood filmmaker, Emeka Emmanuel Mbadiwe, who is also a motivational speaker, at his Lekki Hotel room on Friday, December 27, 2024. This arrest followed the earlier arrest of his partner, Uzoekwe Ugochukwu James, at a warehouse in Ajao estate, Ikeja. In a statement by the Director, Media and Advocacy of the Agency, Femi Babafemi, it was revealed that Mbadiwe had sent James to the warehouse to collect a shipment of 33 parcels of Loud, a strong strain of cannabis weighing 17.30 kilograms. The shipment arrived at the Import shed of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA Ikeja on December 24, 2024, from the United States on a Delta Airline flight, concealed in large wooden boxes. In a related development, NDLEA operatives in Kwara state arrested a fresh graduate, Khadijat Abdulraheem, 24, and a 20-year-old student of the University of Ilorin, Ayomide Morakinyo, at Tanke-University of Ilorin road, Oke Odo, Ilorin. They were arrested for producing and selling drug-laced cupcakes to students in the community. Babafemi stated that when their apartment was searched, 42 pieces of drugged cakes were recovered from them.