NDLEA Discovers Illegal Drug Production Facility in Lagos

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has announced the arrest of a Lagos-based music artist, Godspower George Osahenrumwen, popularly known as Steady Boy, for allegedly attempting to collect a shipment of illicit drugs smuggled from the United States on behalf of his manager in the Lekki area of Lagos.

The agency also uncovered an illegal drug production laboratory located in the Ajao Estate area of the state.

NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday.

According to the statement, Steady Boy was apprehended after operatives intercepted a large consignment of Loud (a potent strain of cannabis) hidden inside three cartons of bathtubs at the import section of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. The shipment had arrived from the United States via a DHL flight on Tuesday.

“The 20-year-old artist was arrested at Bougain Villa, Primewater Gardens 2, Freedom Way, Lekki, Lagos, when he appeared to take delivery of 140 bags of Loud weighing 77.20kg on behalf of a syndicate that includes his manager, Zion Osazee Omigie, also known as Zee Money, who is currently on the run,” the statement said.

Babafemi explained that after months of surveillance linked to an earlier interception of a batch of Colos (Colorado), NDLEA operatives uncovered a secret laboratory where the drug was being produced in large quantities. The suspected owner of the facility was arrested.

From the laboratory, officers recovered “freshly processed Colos weighing 16.2kg, 1.7kg of ADB-CHMNACA Cannabinol, 4.5kg of Potassium Carbonate, and 91 litres of Dibromobutane.”

In a separate operation in Mushin, Lagos, NDLEA operatives raided the residence of a 28-year-old drug dealer, Afeez Salisu, also known as Malu, where they seized 16 blocks of Ghana Loud and designer sachets and bottles of Colorado weighing 16.4kg.

Across other states, the NDLEA made several major interceptions:

• In Kaduna, officers stopped a consignment of 84,710 capsules of Tramadol on the Abuja–Jos highway and later arrested the intended recipient, Musa Abdulkarim, in Bauchi.
• Another suspect, Hamza Musa, was caught transporting 32,946 bottles of Akuskura, a new psychoactive substance, from Lagos to Kaduna.
• Three men — Seun Olaniyi, Rauf Asogba, and Ayinla Adeniyi — were arrested in Abeokuta, Ogun State, with 1,779kg of skunk after being tracked from Benin Republic.
• In Bauchi, one Jamilu Mustapha was arrested, while in Kwara, over 532,000 pills of Tramadol and Exol-5 were seized from three suspects.
• Edo State officers intercepted two vehicles carrying 1,455kg of skunk, and in Ondo, 2,829kg of the same substance was recovered from locations in Ogbese and Akure.
• In Badagry, Lagos, 76.5 litres of skuchies were recovered, while in Taraba, officers seized 30,370 pills of Tramadol and 177 grammes of methamphetamine from two couriers heading to Adamawa.

Commending NDLEA officers for their continued efforts, the agency’s Chairman and Chief Executive, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd.), vowed that the NDLEA would persist in dismantling drug syndicates across the country.

He reaffirmed the agency’s commitment to sustaining its nationwide operations against drug trafficking, which have already led to thousands of arrests, convictions, and significant drug seizures in recent years.