NDLEA nabs 80-year old ex-convict for allegedly possessing 2.3kg skunk
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says its operatives arrested 80-year-old Ayuba Ashiru over the possession of 2.3 kilogrammes of skunk packaged in nylons and papers for retail.
In a statement on Sunday, NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, said Ashiru was arrested on May 14, 2025, at Barazana street, Dogarawa area of Sabon Gari LGA, Kaduna State, by officers acting on credible intelligence.
Babafemi said the suspect had been arrested and prosecuted by NDLEA for drug dealing offences, was convicted and served a 10-year jail term between 2014 and 2024.
“He claimed to have been in the illicit drug trade for the past 46 years,” the statement read.
The anti-narcotics agency also apprehended an 82-year-old Uloma Uchechi Sunday, and her 32-year-old daughter Chisom Uchechi, in Abia state on May 17.
The arrest followed a raid on their home at Umuaguma Ntigha Uzor village, where different quantities of methamphetamine, tramadol, and skunk, a strain of cannabis, as well as cash exhibit of ₦130,600, were recovered from them.
“The grandma confessed that she and her daughter took over the drug trade after her son, who started the business, died two years ago,” the statement read.
In the Port Harcourt ports complex in Onne, Rivers state, NDLEA said three million pills of tapentadol and carisoprodol royal “worth N2.1 billion in street value were intercepted in one of the containers”, which the agency had watch-listed based on intelligence.
“The seizure was made on Wednesday, 14th May during a joint examination of the container by NDLEA officers, men of Customs Service and other security agencies,” the statement added.
