The Nationwide Drug Legislation Enforcement Company has arrested a Lagos hotelier, Frank Chijioke Ibemesi, after weeks of surveillance that linked him to a significant drug trafficking community within the state.
The arrest was confirmed in an announcement issued on Sunday by Femi Babafemi, Director of Media and Advocacy, NDLEA Headquarters.
In accordance with the assertion, operatives of the Particular Operations Unit picked up the 42-year-old at his Daisy Backyard Lodge situated at 66–68 Agbeke Avenue, In the past Palace Approach in Isolo, Lagos, within the early hours of Saturday, 15 November 2025.
He was recognized because the MD/CEO of Franc CJ Ibemesi Nig. Ltd.
“After the arrest, operatives moved him to a warehouse at 7 Pius Ezeobi Avenue, off In the past Palace Approach, the place they recovered 42 jumbo luggage and 4 cartons of Loud, a pressure of hashish, weighing a complete of 1,762.8 kilograms.
“Money seized from him on the level of his arrest included $11,600, 2,000 British Kilos, 2,200 Euros and 50 Canadian {dollars}”, the assertion learn partially.
The NDLEA mentioned one other main syndicate working within the Araromi-Okeodo forest reserve in Ife South LGA, Osun State, was intercepted earlier within the week. Operatives who had monitored the camp for days seized 11,135 kilograms of processed skunk on Tuesday, 11 November.
Two vans, a Volvo (WWR 29 XA) and a Mercedes (AWK 713 YZ), have been blocked whereas trying to maneuver the medication to different elements of the nation.
Seven suspects are presently in custody: Fortunate Abiodun, Julius Amos, Victor Ngbikili, Sunday Oduegwu, Ibrahim Akanni, Eze Godstime and Fred Ifeanyichukwu.
The company reported a number of different seizures throughout Edo, Ogun, Taraba, Adamawa, Nasarawa, Lagos and Kwara states.
The company continued its Conflict Towards Drug Abuse sensitisation drive nationwide in the course of the week. Faculties in Zamfara, Ebonyi, Jigawa, Enugu, Lagos, and Ogun hosted lectures geared toward educating college students and workers on drug abuse prevention.
NDLEA Chairman, Brig Gen Mohammed Buba Marwa (rtd), counseled officers concerned within the varied operations and inspired them to maintain the company’s present strategy to drug management.
