The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) made major seizures nationwide in the last week.
The Director of Media and Advocacy of the NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, made this known to newsmen in a statement issued on Sunday.
Babafemi said in Kaduna State, NDLEA operatives on patrol along Kaduna-Zaria highway by Gwargwaje Zaria on April 13, 2026 intercepted a trailer conveying cement heading to Hadeja in Jigawa State.Â
A search of the truck led to the recovery of 760 blocks and 33 jumbo bags of skunk, a strain of cannabis, weighing 847 kilograms.Â
The truck driver, Umar Garba Haruna, 33, was arrested in connection with the seizure.
A 53-year-old female suspect, Alice Sunday Udoh, was arrested on April 16 when NDLEA officers supported by soldiers raided a forest in Uwet community, Akamkpa Local Government Area of Cross River State, where 15,000 kilograms of skunk on six hectares of farmland were destroyed and 119kg of same substance recovered.
Another cannabis farm was raided on April 14 at Saboro Camp, Ovia North East LGA, Edo State, where NDLEA operatives destroyed 2,281.43kg of same psychoactive substance, while three suspects: Nweke Smart, 27; Christopher Egbe, 62; and Monday Ayan, 45, were arrested, with the duo of Christopher and Monday caught with 38.5kg cannabis and its seeds.Â
Two suspects: Sunday Odili, 49, and Ijenebe Joshua, 39, were nabbed with 87.838kg skunk and seeds at Powerline area of Okwo, Delta State on April 17.
In Lagos State, two suspects: Chinedu Ogbekene and Zindozin Aloukou Bienvenu, were arrested on April 15 at Mile 2, Lagos/Badagry Expressway while conveying 11,900 capsules of tramadol and 400 ampoules of phenobarbital injection in a truck to Ghana.Â
On the same day, NDLEA operatives raided a two-storey building at Petti, Lagos Island, where a total of 95.8kg skunk was recovered.
With the same zeal, Commands and Formations of the Agency across the country continued their War Against Drug Abuse (WADA) sensitisation activities in schools, worship centres, work places, and communities among others in the past week.Â
These included WADA enlightenment lecture for students and staff of Alfurgan Islamic School, Paiko, Niger State; Edgerly Memorial Girls Secondary School, Calabar, Cross River State; Heritage Model School, Ankpa, Kogi State; Government Day Junior and Senior Secondary School, Kankia, Katsina State; Government Senior Secondary School, Rano, Kano State; and De Ambassador Secondary School, Epe, Lagos State.
