The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has arrested a wanted drug kingpin, Damilare Ajiboye aka “Na God” after 12 months of evading arrest.

The arrest followed a raid on his warehouse in Akala, Mushin area of Lagos.

The NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi said in a statement on Sunday in Abuja that the suspect was arrested on Wednesday.

Babafemi said that 1,101kg of Ghana Loud, a strong strain of cannabis was recovered at the warehouse on Sept. 4, 2023.

He, however, said the arrest of Ajiboye in a bank in Ogun, followed well-coordinated efforts by the agency’s Directorate of Assets and Financial Investigation, which traced 20 bank accounts linked to the suspect and blocked them.

In a related development, Babafemi said that NDLEA operatives in Lagos on Friday took into custody a wanted community leader and Sarkin Yamma of Badagry, Alhaji Bashir Talba.

This, he said, followed the arrest of his two wives and son, as well as the seizure of a total of 226.2kg cannabis at their homes in Badagry on Sept. 18.

In another operation in Lagos, the NDLEA said more than 9.7kg cannabis sativa and 50 litres of monkey tail, a fermented combo of cannabis and dry gin, were recovered from a suspect Florence Moses at Badore area of Ajah, Lekki on Tuesday Sept. 24.

Meanwhile, In Kogi, three suspects: Owolabi Dele, 42; Ayodele Monday, 40; and Olawale Ojo, 22, were arrested by NDLEA operatives along Okene-Lokoja-Abuja expressway.

Babafemi said they were arrested while conveying 132 sacks of cannabis weighing 2,062.00kg in a Mercedes container truck from Osun to Dei Dei in Abuja.

Also, another suspect, Benedict Simire, 57, was arrested at Ayetoro road, Kabba, conveying 33.40kg of same psychoactive substance and a pump action gun with six cartridges on Wednesday, Sept. 25.

“On the same Wednesday, operatives of the Marine Command of NDLEA intercepted a two 40HP Yamaha engines boat bearing 71 bags of Ghana Loud weighing 2,982kgs along Alfa beach, Lekki area of Lagos.

“Men of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) Western Marine Command were on hand to support the NDLEA officers to recover the boat and exhibits after the two suspects in the boat dived into the water,”he said.

Again, on Wednesday Sept. 25, NDLEA operatives at the Port Harcourt Ports complex, Onne, Rivers state intercepted 1,500 cartons of codeine-based cough syrup.

Babafemi said the cartons were containing a total of 150,000 bottles of the syrup and was seized during a joint examination of a targeted 40ft container, with men of Nigerian Customs and other security agencies.

The Kwara State High Court has sentenced five suspects involved in the Offa robbery incident to death.

The suspects were found guilty of illegal possession of firearms, armed robbery, and culpable homicide six years after the incident.

The offences according to the presiding judge, Justice Haleemah Salman are punishable by death.

The accused persons are Ayoade Akinnibosun, Ibikunle Ogunleye, Adeola Abraham, Salahudeen Azeez and Niyi Ogundiran.

It would be recalled that 17 people including nine policemen and eight civilians were killed in the robbery operation.

The Anambra police command says its operatives have arrested a man for allegedly concealing gunpowder in bags of garri at Pillar-Pole area in Aguata LGA of the state.

In a statement on Wednesday, Tochukwu Ikenga, police spokesperson in the state, said the incident occurred in Sunday while the suspect was on his way to supply food items and weapons to some criminal gangs.

“Preliminary information reveals that the suspect was en route to a criminal camp to deliver groceries for consumption and the gunpowder for production of Improvised Explosives for the gang,” the statement reads.

“The suspect is currently in custody and assisting the Police to arrest the other gang members.”

Ikenga said that operatives of the special anti-cultism squad also arrested a suspect at his hideout in Oba, Idemili south LGA.

He said the personnel recovered one locally fabricated pistol with two live ammunition from the suspect.

“In another development, operatives of the special anti-cultism squad (SPACS) acting on credible information stormed a criminal hideout in Oba Idemili south LGA in the early hours of today 25/9/2024 arrest one Nelson Wisdom ‘M’ from Etsako east, Edo state and recover one locally fabricated pistol with two live ammunition,” Ikenga said.

The police spokesperson noted that the suspects would be charged to court after investigations are completed.