Crime
NDLEA Arrests Malaysian Returnee with Illicit Drug in Music Speakers Meant for Saie in Adamawa, Cameroon
NDLEA Arrests Malaysian Returnee with Illicit Drug in Music Speakers Meant for Saie in Adamawa, Cameroon
By: Michael Mike
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a 41-year-old ex-convict and Malaysian returnee, Ndubuisi Udatu (aka Richard) with two giant music speakers used to conceal four large parcels of methamphetamine weighing 2.7 kilogrammes meant for distribution in two Adamawa’s town of Yola and Mubi, and across the border in Cameroon.
According to a statement on Sunday by the spokesman of the anti-narcotics agency, Femi Babafemi, Udatu was arrested inside a commercial transport bus at an NDLEA checkpoint at Namtari along Ngurore -Yola road, Adamawa last Monday. He was found with two new music speakers used to conceal four packages of methamphetamine and monetary exhibit of N22,300.
Udatu, in his statement, claimed he returned to Nigeria to continue his illicit drug trade after serving out his jail term in Malaysia where he had been arrested, convicted and sent to prison for drug trafficking offences.
In another interdiction exercise, NDLEA officers in a joint border operation with Customs personnel at the Nigeria/Cameroon border, Mfum, Cross River state arrested a trans-border drug trafficker, 35-year-old Odoh Ikechukwu, with 8,740 ampoules of assorted opioids, weighing 395 kilogrammes. They include: 1,080 ampoules of fentanyl injection, 2,160 ampoules of morphine sulphate injection, 3,010 ampoules of phenobarbital sulphate injection, 2,160 ampoules of pethidine injection, and 330 ampoules of midazolam injection.
In Kano, NDLEA operatives last Friday arrested 27-year-old Aliyu Ibrahim with 20 ATM cards and 25,600 pills of tramadol 225mg and 250mg at Bachirawa area of Kano, while 48-year-old Gambo Lawan was nabbed in a follow up operation at Wazobia motor park, Gwagwalada FCT Abuja following the seizure of a consignment of 8,960 pills of tramadol by NDLEA officers on routine check along Gwagwalada expressway last Monday.
Not less than 124 kilogrammes of skunk, a strain of cannabis, packaged in 11 jumbo bags were last Friday recovered from the boot of a Lexus car marked KTU 54 CU driven by a suspect, Ademiluyi Adedapo, 58, along Mokwa-Jebba road, Niger state.
He said the NDLEA commands across the country continued to balance their drug supply reduction operations with War Against Drug Abuse (WADA) social advocacy campaigns to schools, markets, worship centres and communities in the past week.
Meanwhile, the Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa (Rtd) while commending the efforts of the officers and men of Adamawa, Cross River, FCT, Kano and Niger State commands of the agency for job well done, tasked them and their compatriots nationwide not to rest on their oars but continue to raise the bar in their offensive action against drug cartels with an equal measure of drug demand reduction efforts.
NDLEA Arrests Malaysian Returnee with Illicit Drug in Music Speakers Meant for Saie in Adamawa, Cameroon
Plateau: 25 Killed, 4 Injured in Armed Attack on Bassa Community
By: Zagazola Makama
At least 25 persons have been confirmed dead and four others injured following a deadly attack by armed men on Kimakpa Village in Miango District, Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau State.
Intelligence sources told Zagazola Makama that the incident, which occurred at about 2:45 a.m. on Monday, was reported by residents of the community who alerted security agencies that the attackers stormed the village and began shooting sporadically.
A combined troops of the Nigerian Army led by the Sector Commander, the Police, and the Police Mobile Force stationed at Miango responded swiftly to the distress call, engaged the attackers, and repelled the assault.
Following the gun duel, a search of the area led to the recovery of 25 corpses, while four injured victims were rushed to the hospital for medical attention.
The troops have commenced manhunt for the perpetrators, with extensive combing of nearby forests underway. Additional deployments have also been made to the affected area to forestall further attacks.
Plateau: 25 Killed, 4 Injured in Armed Attack on Bassa Community
Cultists ambush security teams in Anambra, gun duel results in one patrol vehicle set ablaze
By: Zagazola Makama
An ambush by suspected cult members, resulting in a gun duel with security teams dispatched to prevent an attack on the palace of HRH Igwe Maduaguna Ezekwesilli of Oba-Ofemili.
Intelligence sources told Zagazola Makama that the incident began after a complaint, informing authorities of a group of cultists were mobilizing to attack the palace of the igwe.
In response, the Nigerian troops and a police teams from the Anti-Cultism Squad and were immediately deployed to the area. The teams arrested a suspected cult leader, and during a search of his residence, two pump action guns and live cartridges were recovered.
However, as the security teams were retreating from the community, they were ambushed by the suspected cult members. The hoodlums engaged in a gun duel, setting the army’s gun truck on fire before escaping with the arrested suspect and the recovered exhibits.
One soldier, whose identity has yet to be confirmed, was wounded during the confrontation and was transported to the hospital for treatment by the Igwe.
Cultists ambush security teams in Anambra, gun duel results in one patrol vehicle set ablaze
Police rescue five kidnapped victims, one dead in gun duel with bandits in Katsina
By: Zagazola Makama
Police in Katsina have rescued of five kidnapped victims following a gun duel with suspected armed bandits in Sabon Garin Safana, Dutsinma LGA.
Intelligence sources told Zagazola Makama that the bandits had kidnapped seven individuals, including two children, in the early hours of April 13, 2025.
The sources said that at approximately 2:15 AM, the armed bandits infiltrated the community and abducted the victims.
Upon receiving the distress call, security personnel quickly mobilized to the scene, engaging the bandits in a fierce gun battle. The officers successfully rescued five victims, including Abdullahi Usman, 40, Asma’u Abdullahi, 20, Safiya Abdullahi, 1, Sumayya Yahuza, 20, and Fatima Yahuza, 1, all of whom were unharmed.
However, during the confrontation, one of the victims, Ibrahim Sale, 30, was tragically shot and killed by the bandits.
The search and rescue operation continues as authorities work to locate and free the remaining two victims.
Police rescue five kidnapped victims, one dead in gun duel with bandits in Katsina
Christian Northern Group Receives NOA’s National Values Charter Plaque
Nigeria, UNDP Deepen Commitment to Strengthening Democracy in West Africathrough the Regional Partnership for Democracy
Engr. Joseph Onaiwu Uworuya: Celebrating a Legacy of Love, Wisdom, and Strength at 70, By Augustine Osayande, PhD
Roger Federer’s Shock as DNA Results Reveal Myla and Charlene Are Not His Biological Children
THE PLIGHT OF FARIDA
POLICE CHARGE ROOMS, A MINTING PRESS
-
News1 year agoRoger Federer’s Shock as DNA Results Reveal Myla and Charlene Are Not His Biological Children
-
Opinions3 years ago
THE PLIGHT OF FARIDA
-
Opinions3 years ago
POLICE CHARGE ROOMS, A MINTING PRESS
-
News1 year agoEYN: Rev. Billi, Distortion of History, and The Living Tamarind Tree
-
Columns1 year agoArmy University Biu: There is certain interest, but certainly not from Borno.
-
ACADEMICS1 year agoA History of Biu” (2015) and The Lingering Bura-Pabir Question (1)
-
Opinions1 year agoTinubu,Shettima: The epidemic of economic, insecurity in Nigeria
-
Politics8 months agoKashim Shettima: Of Sentiments, Their Opinions, and the 21 billion Naira VP’s Official Resident
