Tag: Drug Dealers

Senate approves death penalty for drug traffickers

Aminu Imam
Senate

Senate yesterday, approved the death penalty for those convicted on the charge of drug trafficking in the country. The punishment prescribed in the extant NDLEA Act is a maximum sentence of life imprisonment. The resolution of the Senate followed its consideration of a report of the Committees on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters and Drugs and Narcotics, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Act (Amendment) Bill, 2024. The Chairman of the Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights & Legal Matters presented the report during plenary, Senator Mohammed Monguno. The Bill,…

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NDLEA freezes N20bn in 103 bank accounts owned by ‘billionaire drug baron, Agency’s agent reveals

Aminu Imam

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has seised N20bn stashed in 103 bank accounts belonging to Afam Ukatu, chairman of Mallinson group of companies. According to the NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, a ‘Post No Debit’ order was made by the court on all his accounts in August 2022. Recall that the NDLEA apprehended Ukatu on a flight from Lagos to Abuja on April 13. He was arrested over an alleged N3 billion tramadol deal linked to the suspended deputy commissioner of Police (DCP) Abba Kyari. The agency secured an…

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NDLEA nabs Hijab-wearing woman parading multiple fake name with 465kg illicit drugs

Aminu Imam

A 36-year-old lady, Chioma Afam, who allegedly uses multiple identities and wears a hijab to evade security scrutiny, has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA), in Benue State. She was arrested along with her partner, Peace Chidinma Caleb, 22, for trying to smuggle a total of 296,000 tablets of Diazepam and Exol-5 from Onitsha, Anambra state to Gombe State. According to an issued statement by NDLEA‘s spokesman, Femi Babafemi, Chioma, who uses multiple names such as Amina, Uzoamaka and Ifunaya to cover her criminal…

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Hijab-wearing lady parading fake name caught with 465kg illicit drugs

Aminu Imam

A 36-year-old lady, Chioma Afam, who allegedly uses multiple identities and wears a hijab to evade security scrutiny, has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA), in Benue State. She was arrested along with her partner, Peace Chidinma Caleb, 22, for trying to smuggle a total of 296,000 tablets of Diazepam and Exol-5 from Onitsha, Anambra state to Gombe State. Picture caption: Suspected drug trafficker, Chioma, with multiple identities for carrying drugs According to an issued statement by NDLEA‘s spokesman, Femi Babafemi, Chioma, who uses…

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Adamawa: Suspected drug dealers incite mob to attack, kill NDLEA official

Ishaku Yohanna

Some suspected drug peddlers in Adamawa State allegedly incited a mob to descend on officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), killing one officer and injuring his colleague in the process. Samuel Birma, who was popularly known as Mbakwe, hailed from Hildi in Hong local government area of the state. The anti-narcotics officials were conveying some drug suspects, arrested in Michika, to Yola when they were attacked by a mob in Hong. “On arriving, being a weekly market day of the town, the suspects raised an alarm, shouting…

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