The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it has arrested Okafor Anthony, a 38-year-old man, at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport in Kano, for dug trafficking.

In a statement on Sunday, Femi Babafemi, spokesperson of the agency, said the suspect was apprehended while trying to board a Qatar airline flight to Iran through Doha.

Babafemi noted that the suspect “excreted 76 pellets of ingested cocaine weighing 1.267kg after being kept in observation for three days”.

Similarly, NDLEA operatives intercepted twenty-five million capsules of tapentadol and three hundred and fifty thousand bottles of codeine-based syrup at the Tincan port complex in Lagos.

Babafemi said the seizures were made on September 17 and 20, from three containers placed on watchlist by the agency.

The NDLEA spokesperson noted that the tapentadol capsules were worth thirteen billion seven hundred and twenty-five million naira, while the codeine consignment has an estimated value of two billion four hundred and fifty million naira.

Similarly, the agency said it has arrested Aremu Shojobi, an 80-year-old man over sale of illicit drugs in Lagos.

Babafemi said the suspect was arrested with 14kg of cannabis at his home in Iyana Ipaja area of the state.

The agency noted that the suspect confessed to getting his supplies from Benin Republic and has been in the business for 25 years.

The Lagos state police command says it has arrested two women over their alleged involvement in the sale of a set of twins.

In a statement on Friday, Benjamin Hundeyin, Lagos police spokesperson, said operatives of the command arrested the suspects on their arrival with the babies from Abia state on September 9.

“Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested one Ujunwa Una ‘f’ and Chinelo Igbechionwu ‘f’ for conspiracy and child sales,” the statement reads.

“The suspects were arrested by patrol officers from Ojodu Division stationed at Berger bus-stop, an entry point into Lagos State, whom had earlier been alerted about the suspects by a Good Samaritan.

“The suspects were found with two newborn baby girls, approximately six-days old, while traveling from Abia State on September 9, 2024.

“Investigations revealed that the suspects were en route to deliver the babies to one nurse in Lagos State whom the mother of the babies promised to link them up with only after they had arrived Lagos.

“Upon questioning, the suspects confessed to the crime, stating that they were paid the sum of One Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira (₦150,000) for transportation of the babies to Lagos.

“The suspects added that the mother of the babies sold the babies because she could not give them proper care.

“The case was transferred to the Gender Unit of the Command from where the newborns were placed in the custody of a motherless babies home for proper care and medical evaluation.”

Hundeyin added the suspects were arraigned in court on Thursday, September 19.

The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) says operatives arrested two suspected political thugs and seized firearms from them during overnight raids in Edo — as the governorship election in the state gets under way.

In a statement on Saturday, Muyiwa Adejobi, force spokesperson, said the arrests and seizures were made following a tip-off.

“The Nigeria Police Force has made a significant breakthrough in its efforts to curb electoral violence in Edo State with the arrest of two political thugs, namely: Edwin Obanor, 43-year-old and Audu Tajudeen, a 41-year-old PDP member from Ugbogbo quarters, Igara Akoko, Edo,” the statement reads.