The Senate’s decision was sequel to a petition forwarded to its committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions by Kashamu’s lawyer, Ajibola Oluyede, over a planned abduction of the embattled senator by the NDLEA
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It said Giade, who served two terms of five years each, handed over the affairs of the NDLEA to the Director-General of the Agency, Roli Bode-George
This was contained in a statement by the agency’s spokesperson, Mitchel Ofoyeju
The statement said investigation activities conducted by the NDLEA’s Assets and Financial Investigation Directorate revealed that the suspects were involved in the laundering of substantial amount of illicit drug proceeds
The Agency’s spokesman, Mitchell Ofoyeju, said in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja that the arrest was made during the inward screening of passengers on Emirates Airline flight from Dubai
The NDLEA agents were said to have searched Udensi’s latest Range Rover parked on the airline’s premises
There was panic and confusion among travellers at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja after a man suddenly slumped and…
A 46-year-old Bureau De Change operator has been arrested at the Murtala Mohammed Airport, Lagos for being in possession…
The 31-year-old lady, Aladi Onyinye Juliet, who was arrested at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency during the inward screening of passengers on an Emirate flight, said she took to drug trafficking to settle her bills
The NDLEA boss, who was reacting to the involvement of females in drug trafficking as the world marked International Women’s Day, said the Agency would soon launch a nationwide campaign tagged: “Save the Girl Child from Drug Trafficking and Abuse”
The suspects, Raji Kabir, 22, and Yusuf Bako, 19, were arrested by Officers of the Lagos State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency in different areas of the metropolis
The shipment was intercepted at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja during the outward screening of an Ethiopian Airline flight. The NDLEA spokesman, Mitchel Ofoyeju, said: “The suspected substances hidden in his luggage were field tested and found to be methamphetamine weighing 17.700kg and ephedrine weighing 19.150kg with an estimated monetary value of 120 million naira
The suspect, Okonkwo Isaac Ekemezie, 51, a Nigerian based in Johannesburg, South Africa, was alleged to be attempting to smuggle 36.850kg of narcotic drugs to South Africa
Ofoyeju said the suspects comprised 118 males and 11 females, while 436.065 kg of drugs estimated at about N2. 9 billion was seized from them
It was gathered that the illegal deal was exposed when men of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the Lagos Command, intercepted Anyanwu, 49, with the drug at Ijesha Bus Stop along Oshodi-Apapa Express Road
The Chairman/Chief Executive of the Agency, Ahmadu Giade, and the Kogi State
Commissioner for the Environment and Natural Resources, Hon. Steven Tayo Aremu, led other invited guests in setting ablaze 13,372.209kg of drugs
According to NDLEA spokesperson, Ofoyeju Mitchell, the Chairman of the NDLEA, Alhaji Ahmadu Giade, has ordered the immediate redeployment of the Kaduna State Commander and his two deputies
The NDLEA in a statement by its Head, Public Affairs, Ofoyeju Mitchell, said that the seizure was made at the departure hall of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos
The NDLEA spokesman, Mitchell Ofoyeju, made this known via a statement in Lagos
Represented by Josephine Obi, the NDLEA Commander in Akwa Ibom State, Giade said that 1,500 drug offenders were convicted by the agency annually