Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have arrested a 52-year-old businessman, Ejiofor Godwin Emeka, at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport after he excreted 127 wraps of cocaine hidden in his body.
NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, said in a statement on Sunday that Emeka, who runs boutiques in Lagos and Onitsha, Anambra State, was arrested upon arrival from Bangkok, Thailand, on Ethiopian Airlines flight ET 941 on October 8, 2025.
According to Babafemi, Emeka was taken in after a body scan confirmed that he had ingested cocaine and concealed some of it in his private part.
“Fifty-eight wraps of cocaine were first recovered from his pants before he was placed under observation. He later excreted 69 more wraps in seven rounds, bringing the total to 127 wraps weighing 1.388 kilograms,” Babafemi said.
The agency also intercepted three shipments of hard drugs bound for the United Kingdom at a courier company in Lagos between October 9 and 10. The consignments included 1.74 kilograms of methamphetamine hidden in glass ceramics, 114 grams of pentazocine, and 168 grams of tramadol injections. Another 48 grams of tramadol capsules were concealed in Vitamin C containers.
NDLEA further uncovered other attempts to smuggle drugs out of the country, including 2.6 kilograms of skunk and 422 grams of tapentadol hidden in black soap tablets heading to Turkey, 169 grams of cocaine in handbags bound for Australia, and 568 grams of loud cannabis in herbal containers going to the United Arab Emirates.
At the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, NDLEA officers seized 27,510 pills of rohypnol hidden inside sachets of alcoholic drinks meant for South Africa.
Following initial arrests of a freight agent and a cab driver, the main suspect, 46-year-old Samuel Omoruyi, also known as Yellow, was later caught at Oyingbo Market on October 2.
On the same day, Italy-based businessman, Enehizena Augustine Uyimwen, was arrested for trying to send 3,700 tramadol pills and 2,600 tapentadol tablets to Italy, hidden in food items. He told investigators he was promised €945 for the job.
In Edo State, NDLEA officers raided the home of a suspect, Emmanuel Sunday, 33, in Etsako Central Local Government Area, and found 47 kilograms of skunk.
Two suspects, Nureni Ayobami Eleweodo, 48, and Oladejo Taiwo, 52, were caught in Osun State with 635 kilograms of skunk in a bus, while two others, Timothy Omiwole, 41, and Isaac Achiatan, 36, were arrested with 100 kilograms of the same substance.
In Rivers State, officers arrested Okoro Julius, 20, and Onyebuchi Nwibo, 25, with 8.5 kilograms of skunk. In Katsina, 46-year-old Sulaiman Kalalu was caught with 29.5 kilograms at Bayan Asiti, Jibia town.
In Niger State, a 29-year-old suspect, Yisa Daniel, was arrested in New Bussa with 22,000 tramadol capsules, 800 pentazocine ampoules, and 150,000 exol-5 pills.
NDLEA also recovered 312 kilograms of skunk in a bush at Ologede Camp, Ondo State, and intercepted another 141.8 kilograms from two men, Francis John, 39, and Adeyemi Taiwo, 46, along the Benin-Lagos expressway.
In Kaduna, 27-year-old Rufai Ahmed, also called Farin Malam, was arrested at the Abuja-Kaduna toll gate with 150,000 exol-5 pills being moved from Lagos to Katsina.
NDLEA Chairman, Brigadier General Mohamed Buba Marwa (retd), praised the officers for their efforts across several states and urged them to sustain professionalism and dedication in the agency’s ongoing War Against Drug Abuse campaign.
