A China-based Nigerian businessman, Ibeanu Vincent Chukwudulue and two Angolans- Mbandu Martins Makiadi and Ngoma Wilson Fernando- have excreted a total of 236 wraps of cocaine.
The development followed their arrest by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja and Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano, respectively.
This was as NDLEA operatives intercepted London-bound cocaine consignment sent from Lagos jail by a convicted drug kingpin, Canadian Loud concealed in children’s toy guitar and also uncovered Colos production factory in Lekki, Lagos State.
The 34-year-old China-based businessman, Ibeanu, was arrested on Wednesday, 4 February, 2026 while on board a Qatar Airways flight 1432, from Kano to China enroute Abuja/Doha.
Acting on credible intelligence, NDLEA operatives at the Abuja Airport demanded that the suspect be deboarded following which he was taken for body scan.
As contained in a press release by the NDLEA Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, on Sunday, the result confirmed the suspect ingested illicit drug.
Ibeanu was thereafter placed under observation during which he excreted a total of 52 pellets of cocaine that weighed 735.95 grams.
In his statement, the China-based businessman said he was into business on Lagos Island before relocating to Guanzhou, China in 2024.
The duo of Mbandu Martins Makiadi (50) and Ngoma Wilson Fernando (52), both Angolans, were arrested on Wednesday, 4 February, at the screening point of the departure hall of Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano.
The arrest of the two Angolans were effected during the outward clearance of passengers going to Istanbul, Turkey via Addis Ababa on Ethiopian Airlines flight ET940.
When they were taken for body scan, they tested positive for ingesting illicit drug. As a result, the two Angolans were kept under observation for possible excretion.
While Mbandu excreted a total of 76 wraps weighing 920 grams in seven excretions, Ngoma expelled 108 pellets that weighed 1.33 kilograms in five excretions.
During interview, the suspects who hail from Hoji Ya Henda in Luanda, the capital of Angola claimed they were recruited by a Luanda-based automobile spare parts dealer who promised to pay them $3000 each upon successful delivery of the consignments in Turkey.
Attempt by a convicted drug kingpin Olashupo Michael Oladimeji to export 1.10 kilograms of cocaine concealed in processed cassava granules, popularly known as garri, to London, United Kingdom, on a Virgin Atlantic flight, was thwarted by NDLEA operatives at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Ikeja Lagos.
Olashupo is presently serving a five-year jail term at the Ikoyi Correctional Centre, Lagos, after NDLEA arrested him in 2025 in connection with a case of unlawful conspiracy to export 17.90kg cocaine.
He was successfully prosecuted, convicted and sentenced in charge number FHC/L/925C/2025, by a Federal High Court in Lagos.
Not ready to give up on his criminal enterprise, the convict who is the Chief Executive Officer of Dimeji Express Logistics, located at 20 Omilade Street, Mafoluku, Oshodi, Lagos, initiated the latest scheme from behind the prison wall to export the 1.10kg cocaine, using his company.
His lid was however uncovered last Thursday when NDLEA officers at the export shed of the Lagos Airport intercepted a consignment of compressed block of cocaine, hidden in a sack of garri which was further packed inside a carton.
A staff of Dimeji Express Logistics, Adedeji Yusuf Gbolahan, who presented the consignment for export was promptly arrested.
Investigations revealed that Olashupo Michael Oladimeji, initiated the trafficking scheme from prison and directed Yusuf to pick the consignment at a location in Oshodi.
A similar attempt by a 44-year-old estate surveyor, Adelaja Taiwo Adetayo, to export 1.70 kilograms of skunk concealed in five jerry cans to the UK, was equally frustrated by NDLEA operatives at the export shed of the Lagos airport.
The cargo agent Mustapha Quddus Opeyemi who presented the consignment for export was initially arrested while a follow up operation led to the arrest of Adelaja at Ahmadiyya area of Lagos on Monday 9th February.
In Abuja, NDLEA operatives, last Thursday, intercepted a waybill package sent from Enugu containing children’s toy guitar.
A search of the guitar revealed that it was used to conceal two parcels of Canadian Loud, a strain of Cannabis, weighing 59.2grams.
A follow-up operation led to the arrest of the owner of the consignment Henry Onuma at Dream City Estate, Life Camp.
In Lagos, NDLEA officers, last Friday, raided a 4-bedroom duplex at 2 Alexandria Terrace, Ikate-Elegushi, Lekki, used for the production and storage of Colorado, a synthetic cannabis.
The raid followed the seizure of 73 cartons of nitrous oxide at Iyare Motor Park, Ajah–Epe expressway, a consignment intended for Benin City, Edo State.
The driver of the vehicle moving the shipment, Amos Innocent, was arrested while Victor Oyedeji was nabbed at the Lekki home where 13.2 kilograms of freshly-produced Colos were recovered in addition to precursor chemicals.
A notorious female drug dealer in Ibadan, Oyo State, Oluwayemisi Bunmi (45), was arrested, last Wednesday, at her enclave in Hope Alakia area of the state capital.
Recovered from her include: 1.189kg Colos, skunk; 320grams of methamphetamine; monetary exhibit of ₦2,975,000 and two cars: a Navy blue Toyota Matrix car, marked JJJ 629 FQ and a Sky blue Toyota Matrix car, with registration number LND 602 AQ.
No fewer than 105,400 pills of tramadol were recovered from a suspect, Kamilu Abdullahi (43), when his J5 vehicle marked DTM-765XA, was intercepted by NDLEA operatives at Bode Saadu area of Kwara State, last Thursday.
In Edo State, five suspects: Murtala Mohammed (37); Abdulkadir Idris Mohammed (29); Ufoma Edafe (40); Anthony Aghati (46); and Emmanuel Owalu Ekele (39), were arrested last Saturday, when NDLEA operatives raided the Yoruba Camp, Olumoye Forest, in Ovia North East LGA, where 563.5 kilograms of skunk were recovered.
Across all commands and formations of the Agency nationwide, NDLEA officers continued their War Against Drug Abuse (WADA) sensitisation activities in schools, worship centres, work places and communities among others in the past week.
These include: WADA enlightenment lecture to students and staff of Anglican Grammar School, Ogbomoso, Oyo; Government Day Secondary School, Yola, Adamawa;
Government Secondary School, Tudun Gwandara, Lafia, Nasarawa; Government Girls Technical and Commercial College, Charanchi, Katsina; and Ajumoni Senior Secondary School, Mushin, Lagos, among others.
Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (rtd) has commended the officers and men of the MAKIA, MMIA, NAIA, Lagos, Edo, Kwara, FCT, and Oyo Commands for the arrests, seizures and their professionalism.
He enjoined them and their colleagues across the country to continue the current balanced approach to their drug supply reduction and drug demand reduction efforts.
