The Nationwide Drug Regulation Enforcement Company (NDLEA) has taken into custody Reginald Peter Chidiebere, a infamous drug lord, who surrendered after evading justice for 13 years following his 2013 bail escape.
The event was disclosed in an announcement issued by the Director, Media & Advocacy, NDLEA Femi Babafemi.
The give up follows the seizure of huge consignments of cocaine and heroin linked to Chidiebere by operatives at Murtala Muhammed Worldwide Airport (MMIA), Ikeja, Lagos.
In keeping with NDLEA, Chidiebere masterminded a number of heroin shipments, together with a 49.70-kilogram consignment imported from South Africa, intercepted in February 2024.
The Chairman and Chief Government Officer of NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Rtd), mentioned the company stays resolute in dismantling legal networks and bringing all offenders to justice.
Chidiebere’s legal report consists of his preliminary arrest in 2013 over cocaine cargo into Nigeria, after which he jumped bail and went underground.
Following the raid, Chidiebere disappeared.
NDLEA reported a sequence of coordinated arrests and seizures throughout a number of states.
In Borno State, Bulama Modu, 24, was intercepted whereas transporting 7,000 capsules of tramadol alongside the Bama-Konduga street on Tuesday, twenty fourth February.
The company has, in recent times, sustained crackdowns on high-profile drug lords and cartel leaders throughout Nigeria.
In September 2025, the company additionally dismantled a world drug cartel, arresting three leaders in Lagos after intercepting a big cocaine consignment hid in export cargo.
