…recovers 5862kg drugs
Mrs. Sherifat Kehinde Lawal, a major drug kingpin operating the notorious Patey Lagos Island drug haven in Lagos state, was arrested along with six other suspects by NDLEA operatives who also recovered 5,862 kilogrammes of assorted illicit drugs including Loud and Codeine in a raid on Saturday 26th February 2022.
NDLEA’s spokesman, Femi Babafemi, confirmed the arrest on Saturday in a statement.
Anti-narcotic officers stormed the drug kingpin’s Gambari street base on Saturday, February 26th, at 9:30 a.m., following credible intelligence and follow-up surveillance on illicit drug dealing in Osho, Gambari, and Beecroft Streets, Patey Area of Lagos Island.
Other members of the cartel operating in the axis however mobilised hoodlums who attacked the operatives with stones, bottles and guns in a bid to prevent the officers from arresting other kingpins marked for arrest as well as taking the suspects already nabbed and drug exhibits away.
The agents were able to defend themselves tactically and remove the suspects and exhibits. Ahmed Yisau, Solomon Alape, Olayemi Akinola, Salami Qudus, Bakare Rafiu, Rose Samson, Yusuf Rofiat, and Chukwudi Egon are among the other suspects being held alongside Mrs. Lawal.
Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd), Chairman/Chief Executive of the NDLEA, commended the officers and men of the Agency’s Lagos Command for a successful operation.
Those who are being exploited by drug dealers should be warned, he said.
