NDLEA intercepts N7.8bn drugs, nabs kingpin in Delta

The operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a notorious drug kingpin, 36-year-old Sunday Ibigide, three years after launching a manhunt for him over drug trafficking offences.

The drug kingpin was apprehended in Asaba, the capital of Delta State, while attempting to move 250 blocks of skunk weighing 138 kilograms with his distribution bus.

Ibigide came under searchlight on March 19, 2022, in connection with the seizure of 24.137kg of same psychoactive substance and 10 grams of molly but thereafter went underground.

However, following credible intelligence, NDLEA operatives in Delta State were able to arrest him along with one of his aides Clement Osuya, 27, while they were trying to move the 250 parcels of skunk for distribution on Sunday, August 10, 2025.

The NDLEA Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, disclosed this via a statement issued on Sunday, August 17.

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Babafemi added that the anti-narcotic officers also recovered 875,000 bottles of codeine based syrup worth over N6.1 billion and 3,500,000 pills of trodol benzhexol valued at N1.7 billion at the Port Harcourt Ports Complex, Onne, Rivers State.

He disclosed that the illicit drugs were recovered from five containers under NDLEA intelligence tracking and watch-list during joint examination with the Nigeria Customs Service and other security agencies on Wednesday and Thursday, August 14, at the West Africa Container Terminal (WACT) of the Onne port.

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