Abuja, Aug. 24, 2025 – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has foiled an attempt by Ifeoma Henrietta Ezewuike, a 50-year-old fashion designer, to deliver 1.3 kilograms of cocaine to customers in Abuja.
Femi Babafemi, the NDLEA Spokesman, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday.
He said Ezewuike was runs a fashion outfit called Golden Star in Lagos, was arrested at Jibowu Bus terminal in Lagos, stop while on her way to Abuja to deliver the drugs on August 22, 2025.
The statement said a follow-up operation at her residence in Ago Palace Way, Okota, led to the recovery of 200 grams of cutting agent used in processing cocaine.
Ezewuike, a widow and mother of one, claimed she inherited the drug trade from her late husband who died two years ago in spite being in the fashion business for over 20 years.
The statement also said NDLEA operatives intercepted 90 parcels of Loud, a strain of cannabis weighing 48.6kg, concealed in three cartons of kitchen sinks imported from the United States.
It said the seizure was made at a courier company in Lagos on Tuesday, August 19.
Operatives of the NDLEA in Adamawa, acting on credible intelligence, raided the home of a notorious drug dealer, Idris Garba, on Friday, Aug. 222.
Garba scaled the fence to escape arrest, but one of his associates, Boniface Nnaji, 55, who attempted the same, was caught in the act at Rumde Baru area of Yola South.
The NDLEA said items recovered from the premises included a black Toyota Thundra jeep marked FST-885-CZ driven to Yola by Nnaji to supply Garba 354,480 pills of tramadol 225mg, 250mg and others as well as a Toyota Yaris car with registration number DSA 776 AA”.
It said two suspects In Kano, Buhari Ibrahim, 25, and Mansur Musa, 24, were nabbed at Zangon Ungogo in Kano with 5,850 capsules of pregabaline on Tuesday, 19th August.
The statement also reported that a total of 452,070 pills of opioids were recovered on the same day from the home of a suspect Rabilu Mukhtar, who is at large, at Rangaza, Ungogo LGA, just as Buhari Idris, 35, was arrested at Tashan Rami area of the state with 140 litres of codeine syrup.
It also said that no fewer than 7,000 capsules of tramadol were seized in Kano from Adamu Yusuf, 29, along Zaria-Kano road, Kwanar Dangora area of the state on Saturday, Aug. 23.
