NDLEA Arrests Sokoto Village Head, 10 Others in Connection with Drugs Michael Olugbode in Abuja The village head of Gidan Abba in Bodinga Local Government Area of Sokoto State, Abubakar Ibrahim, was among those arrested
The village head of Gidan Abba in Bodinga Local Government Area of Sokoto State, Abubakar Ibrahim, was among those arrested in connection with drug offences by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency in the past one week.
Babafemi also said on the same day, operatives at the SAHCO export shed intercepted cans of tomato paste going to the United Kingdom, adding that a thorough search of the consignment revealed that the tomato cans were used to conceal 36 pellets of cannabis with a gross weight of 21.3 kilogrammes, noting that a cargo agent, Sodehinde Akinwale, has been arrested in connection with the seizure.
He also revealed that a 27-year-old Madu Chukwuemeka has been arrested by the NDLEA operatives at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu on arrival last Wednesday from Nairobi, Kenya via Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. He added that the bus driver, Chief Pascal Nmaram, was promptly arrested, while a follow-up operation in Abuja same day led to the arrest of the recipient of the illicit cargo, Mr. Ikenna Akunne, who confessed he was detailed to travel with the consignment to Spain the following day, Friday through the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja.