The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a 72-year-old grandma, Mrs. Christy Ejaro after several sachets of skunk, a strain of cannabis packaged in retail size were recovered from her.
She was apprehended by NDLEA operatives at Niger CAT area of Warri, Delta State on Tuesday, June 24, 2025.
The Director, Media and Advocacy of the anti-narcotic agency, Femi Babafemi disclosed this in a statement on Sunday.
Similarly, a notorious drug dealer Mary Bolanle Oladele (a.k.a Iya Nafi) was arrested on Wednesday 25th of June when NDLEA operatives raided her base in Omu-Aran in Irepodun Local Government Area in Kwara State.
Babafemi revealed that various quantities of skunk, tramadol and flunitrazepam were recovered from her.
Meanwhile, NDLEA operatives at the Seme border area of Badagry in Lagos on Tuesday 24th of June intercepted a 26-year-old Beninese, Vode Jean-Luck while trying to smuggle 69 balls of skunk with a gross weight of 29.5kg, from Benin Republic into Nigeria.
The statement added that the War Against Drug Abuse (WADA) social advocacy activities by NDLEA Commands continued across the country in the past week.
Some of them include: WADA sensitisation lecture delivered to students and staff of Yakubawa Model Primary School, Zango, Katsina; Police Secondary School, Igboora, Oyo; Divine Favour International Group of Schools, Bende LGA, Abia.
Also, Command Day Secondary School, Ojoo, Ibadan; Mater Dei College, Udi, Enugu; Community Girls Secondary School, Yenagoa, Bayelsa; and Fiyinfolu High School, Ikole Ekiti, among others.
The Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Rtd) commended the officers and men of the various Commands of the Agency for the arrests and seizures of the past week.
He equally praised their counterparts in all the commands across the country for ensuring a fair balance between their drug supply reduction and drug demand reduction efforts.
