NDLEA arrests couple, other recovers drugs in Lagos raid

NDLEA arrests couple, other recovers drugs in Lagos raid

Abdullateef Fowewe

The Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have raided the Lagos base of a high-profile cocaine syndicate led by a couple, Agbakoba John Mmadu and Agbakoba Chinwe and their associate, Okoye Maryjane, where large consignments of the class A drugs meant for export and local distribution were recovered.

The raid according to the statement on Sunday by the Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi was carried out by a special operations unit of the Agency following months of intelligence gathering and surveillance on the syndicate notorious for packaging, distributing and trafficking cocaine within and outside Nigeria.

Babafemi according to the statement said, “The 54-year-old Agbakoba John Mmadu was arrested at Ago Palace way, Okota while his wife, Agbakoba Ijeoma Chinwe, 39, and associate, Okoye Ifeoma Maryjane, 31, who doubles as their stash keeper, were nabbed at Plot 2205 Eugene Ndubisi close, Lilly Estate, Amuwo Odofin area of Lagos, all on Wednesday 3rd July 2024.

“While seven parcels of cocaine with a total weight of 7.652 kilograms were recovered from Mmadu at Ago Palace way, not less than one hundred and twenty-two (122) compressed pellets of the same drug weighing 2.42kg were seized from the duo of Ijeoma and Ifeoma at Lilly Estate, bringing the total seizure to 10.1 kilograms valued at over N2.1 billion in street value.”