By Attah Ede
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have apprehended two senior citizens, aged 83 and 78, respectively for alleged drug trafficking in Abia and Ekiti States.
The agency also recovered a large consignment of illicit substances during raids in Lagos, Borno, Kaduna, Jigawa, Edo, and Osun.
The NDLEA’s spokesperson, Femi Babafemi who disclosed this in a statement on Sunday identified the senior citizens as Pa John Ofiel and a 78- Ogunjobi Samuel.
The two elderly men were among suspects arrested in the ongoing nationwide crackdown on illicit drug traffickers and dealers.
According to BabaFemi, the senior citizen, Pa Ofiel was arrested by NDLEA officers on Tuesday, 28th April 2026, during an operation at Samek by Powerline, Aba, Abia state, following credible intelligence that he was dealing in illicit substances:
It was stated that at the time of his arrest, 700 grams of skunk, a strain of cannabis, packaged in retail sachets, were recovered from him.
The NDLEA stated that upon interrogation, the octogenarian claimed he was a professional shoemaker before delving into the illicit drug trade.
In a similar development, NDLEA operatives in Ekiti state on Thursday, 30th April, arrested a 78-year-old Ogunjobi Samuel at his H22 Owode Street, Ilupeju-Ekiti, for drug peddling. A total of 350 grams of the same psychoactive substance were seized from him at the time of his arrest.
The anti drugs agency operatives also arrested two ladies, identified as 24-year-old Rebecca King and 31-year-old Olaniyan Opeyemi in Oyo state in connection with the seizure of 1.925kg of Colorado, a synthetic cannabis.
He said , “While Rebecca was nabbed conveying the consignment along Lagos/Ibadan expressway on Wednesday, 29th April, Opeyemi was arrested in a follow-up operation at Iwo road, Ibadan, when she attempted taking delivery of the cargo.
“In another interdiction operation in Ibadan, “a notorious drug dealer, 49-year-old Taofik Adeyemi, was arrested on Saturday, 2nd May, along with his salesman Mustapha Oyerinde, 28, at his residence in Erunmu area of the state capital, after months of evading arrest.
“Two of his associates, Abiodun Abiola and Aderinde Ibrahim, had been arrested on 8th December 2025 and are currently being prosecuted at a Federal High Court in Ibadan. At the time of Taofik’s arrest, 3.085 kilograms of skunk and a Toyota Camry car marked EPE 299 JZ were recovered from him.”
