The Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a 42-year-old Angolan businessman, Mbala Dajou Abuba, at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport in Kano for attempting to traffic a large consignment of cocaine, which he ingested, to Istanbul Turkey.
The NDLEA Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday, March 2, 2025.
Babafemi stated that Abuba who is from the Zaire province in Angola was arrested on Tuesday, February 25, at the screening point of the Kano airport while trying to board Egypt Air flight MS 880 to Istanbul, Turkey via Cairo.
He noted that after the suspect’s body scan result confirmed he ingested illicit drug, he was placed under excretion observation during which he expelled 120 pellets of cocaine weighing 1.829 kilograms in seven excretions.
The NDLEA spokesman said the suspect claimed he was into the business of township delivery services in Angola before delving into the illicit drug trade.
Babafemi added that the NDLEA operatives, on Thursday, February 27, stormed a forest in Innam-Abbi/Orogun community, Ndokwa West local government area of Delta State, where they destroyed over 50,000kg cannabis on a 20-hectare farm land.
He listed five suspects arrested during the raid to include Augustine Subaru, 45; Ukoba Malachukwu, 53; Odalonu Emmanuel, 40; Esuabom Macaulay, 35; and Itoje Safe, 54.
He said in another operation in Delta State, the NDLEA operatives, on Friday, February 28, intercepted a Mercedes Benz truck marked AWK 791 ZJ along Abraka-Orogun road.
The NDLEA spokesperson said a search of the truck led to the recovery of 101 bags of skunk with a total weight of 1,111kg.
Babafemi added that the NDLEA continued its War Against Drug Abuse (WADA) sensitisation activities to schools, worship centres, workplaces, and communities, among others, in the past week.
Babafemi listed the activities to include WADA enlightenment lecture to students and staff of Ansarudeen Junior Secondary School, Ojuelegba, Lagos; Loretto Girls Special Science School, Adazinnukwu, Anambra State; and Tudun Murtala Special Primary School, Nasarawa LGA, Kano State; among others.
