The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA), says it has arrested a notorious drug kingpin, Sunday Ibigide, while attempting to move 250 blocks of skunk weighing 138 kilograms, with his distribution bus.
Ibigide, who had been on the run for three years, was apprehended on Sunday, August 10, 2025, along with one of his aides, Clement Osuya, in Asaba, Delta, while they were trying to move the illegal drugs for distribution.
A statement issued yesterday by the agency’s spokesman, Femi Babafemi, stated: “Ibigide came under searchlight on 19th March 2022 in connection with the seizure of 24.137kg of same psycho-active substance and 10grams of molly, but thereafter went underground”.
Babafemi said that apart from Ibigide, the agency has conducted many high-profile operations across multiple states, arrested suspects, and seized illicit drugs.
“No fewer than six suspects were arrested on Thursday 14th and Friday 15th August when NDLEA operatives supported by the military and vigilantes raided three cannabis farms in Enugu Ezike, Enugu state where a total of 37,500kg skunk was destroyed on 15 hectares of farmland.
“In Kaduna, two suspects: Mohammed Amdife – 46, and Sulaiman Mohammed – 22, were arrested in connection with the seizure of 22, 640 pills of tramadol and rohypnol at Gwargwaje check point, Zaria and Tudun-Wada area of the state. Two other suspects: Caroline David – 51, and Abdulhadi Umar – 30, were nabbed over the seizure of 111.1kg skunk intercepted along Zaria – Kano road.
“At the Port Harcourt Ports Complex, Onne, Rivers state, a total of 875,000 bottles of codeine based syrup worth over ₦6.1billion in street value and 3, 500,000 pills of trodol benzhexol, valued at ₦1.7billion were recovered from five containers under NDLEA intelligence tracking and watch-list during joint examination with Customs Service and other security agencies on Wednesday 13th and Thursday 14th August at the West Africa Container Terminal (WACT) of the Onne port“, the statement read in part.
NDLEA Chairman, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Marwa (rtd) commended the officers involved, urging them to maintain the agency’s balanced approach to drug control.
