The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says its officials have arrested a US-trained Hollywood and Nollywood filmmaker, Emeka Emmanuel Mbadiwe, who is also a motivational speaker, at his Lekki hotel room.
NDLEA spokesperson Femi Babafemi said in a statement that the arrest followed the apprehension of his partner, Uzoekwe Ugochukwu James, earlier the same day at a warehouse in Ajao Estate, Ikeja, where he was allegedly sent by Mbadiwe to collect a shipment of 33 parcels of “Loud,” a strong strain of cannabis weighing 17.30 kilograms.
The suspected drugs arrived at the import shed of Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja, on December 24, 2024, from the United States on a Delta Airlines flight, concealed in large wooden boxes.
Meanwhile, in another major operation, NDLEA arrested Lagos socialite, 61-year-old Alhaja Aishat Feyisara Ajoke Elediye, in her mansion at Okota, Lagos, following the interception of a truckload of illicit drug consignment from her staff the same day.
Femi Babafemi, the NDLEA spokesperson, said Alhaja Ajoke, as she is fondly called in social circles, is also known in the drug underworld as “Iya Ruka.”
According to Babafemi, her true identity had been shrouded in mystery for years while she remained on the wanted list of NDLEA for leading one of the drug cartels operating from Mushin, Lagos.
He said the lid was blown off her invincibility when NDLEA officials, acting on intelligence, intercepted a white Isuzu truck carrying 44 jumbo sacks containing 1,540 kilograms of imported cannabis, driven by one of her staff, 41-year-old Abideen Adio.
The officials then stormed her hideout at 33 Adebayo Oyewole Street, off Ago Palace Way, Okota, where they arrested her.
