A pastor and his wife were among several others arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency in nationwide operations in the last one week.
This was made known to newsmen by the Director of Media and Advocacy of the NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, in a statement he issued.
According to the statement on Sunday, the Pastor in charge of the Celestial Church of Christ (CCC), Agonvi Sea Beach, Sakpo area of Seme border, Badagry in Lagos State, Pastor Afolabi Hodonu, 45, and his wife, Success Hodonu, 35, were on April 2, 2026 arrested by NDLEA operatives at Gbaji checkpoint.
A search of their Honda Pilot SUV led to the recovery of blocks of skunk weighing 11kg concealed in hidden parts of their vehicle.
The arrest of the couple followed the apprehension of a fake security agent, Sunday Samuel, 35, at the same checkpoint on March 30 while conveying 24.5kg skunk from Seme border to Lagos State.
In Adamawa State, NDLEA officers on patrol along Namtari Road , Yola South on March 30 intercepted a trailer marked RUW 947 XA transporting 48,000 pills of tramadol.
The truck driver, Abdulaziz Ismail Korede, was arrested, while a follow-up operation led to the arrest of the recipient, Idris Adamu.
While 60-year-old Idiatu Oladejo was arrested with 15kg skunk in Isale Osun, Osogbo, Osun State on April 1, NDLEA operatives acting on credible intelligence raided the Itaogbolu forest, Akure, Ondo State, where they recovered 351 kilograms of skunk and its seeds.
No fewer than 28,600 capsules of tramadol were seized from a 66-year-old Aminu Usman Gembu when he was arrested at Aliade, Benue State on April 1.
In Edo State, a suspect, Roland Owie, 37, was arrested on March 30 following the raid of his warehouse at Egbanke community, Orhionmwon LGA, where 1,378 kilograms of skunk were recovered.
A notorious drug dealer, 40-year-old Ayantola Omodunmomi, aka Iya Elle, was on April 1 arrested at Eleta area of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.
Her arrest followed intelligence and surveillance on how she uses her 11-year-old daughter, Anjola, to deliver illicit drugs to her customers.
At the time of her arrest, 45.6kg skunk was recovered from her warehouse.
The War Against Drug Abuse (WADA) social advocacy activities by NDLEA Commands equally continued across the country in the past week.
Some of them included WADA sensitisation lecture delivered to students and staff of Okere Grammar School, Saki, Oyo State; Shasha Comprehensive High School, Alimosho, Lagos State; Ma’ahad Ahmad Turaki Islamiyya, Sabon Gari, Kano State; Ezi-Awka Community Secondary School, Awka, Anambra State; and Madrasatul Ihsan, Area One Tsafe, Zamfara State.
