The Nationwide Drug Legislation Enforcement Company (NDLEA) stated it would apply for the forfeiture of the Proxy Evening Membership in Lagos, through which 384.886kg Loud have been discovered.
The anti-narcotics company stated it would additionally prosecute the nightclub proprietor and its supervisor, Mike Eze Nwalie Nwogu, alias Fairly Mike, and Joachin Millary, respectively.
The NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, stated the company has warned evening membership operators and enjoyable seekers in regards to the creeping tradition of organising, internet hosting and attending drug events, a disturbing fad inside social circles, which is a blatant illegality underneath the Nigerian regulation.
The company’s warning comes on the heels of a raid carried out by its operatives on the drug occasion, which held on the evening of Saturday October 25, into the early hours of Sunday October 26, 2025, at Proxy Evening Membership positioned at 7 Akin Adesola road, Victoria Island Lagos, the place over 100 attendees have been arrested together with the proprietor of the ability and his supervisor.
In accordance with the company, “any gathering organized for the aim of consuming, distributing, or abusing illicit substances is an act of criminality. These ‘drug events’ contravene the express provisions of the NDLEA Act and shall be handled as severe narcotic offences. Within the case of the drug occasion at Proxy evening membership, organisers went above board and had the audacity to supply and flow into flyers inviting enjoyable seekers to return collectively to commit crime, an act that not solely constitutes an incitement to commit crime however equally an affront to the regulation enforcement capabilities of the nation if condoned.
“Nigeria is at the moment grappling with a really excessive prevalence price of drug abuse, notably amongst our youths. These illicit drug events don’t solely gas the drug scourge however equally function hubs for brand new recruitment into drug habit and actively undermine our present nationwide efforts to safeguard public well being and safety.
“Within the latest case, the NDLEA was meticulous {and professional} all through the processes resulting in the raid and throughout the operation. Following intelligence on the occasion, our undercover brokers carried out surveillance on the ability, made pre-purchases of illicit medication from inside the membership and for 4 hours between 11pm on Saturday and 3am on Sunday throughout the occasion, our operatives noticed and recorded drug transactions and abuse happening earlier than we ultimately disrupted the brazen public show of illegality and made arrests.
“All attendees initially arrested have been later profiled, addressed, counselled and launched inside hours in custody, in step with finest world practices whereas the 2 principal suspects: Fairly Mike and his supervisor, Joachin Millary stay in custody following the seizure of 384.882 kilograms of Canadian Loud, a robust pressure of hashish and different substances from the membership’s retailer.
“Whereas the company will intensify surveillance and apply the total power of the regulation in opposition to perpetrators, homeowners of properties, inns, and occasion centres discovered to be knowingly internet hosting such unlawful actions threat the confiscation and forfeiture of their property to the Federal Authorities. These held in custody within the ongoing case will face prosecution whereas we are going to file for forfeiture of the property, Proxy Evening Membership, through which the medication have been discovered.”
