A former two-term Councilor in Ibeju-Lekki local government council, Lagos state, Sheleru Sadiq Olalekan has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) following credible intelligence linking him to illicit drug sale and trafficking.
The 45-year-old ex-local Councilor chief who currently serves as a legislative aide was arrested on Monday 2nd March 2026 at his residence in Ilado, Ibeju-Lekki Lagos.
A search of the house uncovered 40 kilograms of skunk, a strain of cannabis.
According to the NDLEA in a statement issued on Sunday, Sheleru admitted ownership of the exhibit and the property where it was recovered.
He said he had previously served two terms as a Councilor representing Orimedu community in Ibeju-Lekki local government council.
In another operation in the Federal Capital Territory NDLEA officers on Tuesday 3rd March, intercepted a 32-year-old businessman, Emeka Hyginus Okwor, in a vehicle coming from Obollo- Afor in Enugu state to Zuba, FCT.
The agency said, when his luggage was searched, 1,000 pills of tapentadol 250mg, were found concealed inside baby diapers.
“The suspect admitted ownership and revealed that he was taking the consignment to Guduwa village in Gurara LGA, Niger state where he has a provision store.”
On same day, 3rd of March, NDLEA operatives on patrol along Kabba-Obajana highway, Kogi state, intercepted a consignment of Colorado cannabis weighing 1.550kg concealed inside a standing fan carton belonging to a 36-year-old Cameroonian, Mey Ali Muhamat, a native of Maroua, Cameroon.
The suspect was travelling in a commercial bus from Lagos to Cameroon enroute Lokoja, Kano and Maiduguri.
Meanwhile, in Niger state, operatives on patrol along Mokwa – Jebba road on Wednesday 4th March intercepted a commercial bus coming from Ibadan, Oyo state with 500 pieces of improvised explosive device (IED) components.
The IED components were concealed in a white sack to be delivered to a recipient at Pelegi.
“A swift follow up operation led to the arrest of the recipient, Osama Abdullahi, 21, at Pelegi, Mashegu local government area of the state.”
Also, no fewer than 122,000 pills of tramadol and 700grams of methamphetamine were recovered from the false bottom of a truck marked ENU 645XX conveying 2000 cartons of local drinks by NDLEA operatives in Yola, Adamawa state on Wednesday 4th March.
The agency also announced the arrest of one Muhammed Ali, 20, at Gadar Tamburawa, Kano, on Tuesday 3rd March, with 11,283 pills of tramadol, while a raid operation in Ogere led to the arrest of two suspects, Nazifi Mudansir and Kabiru Musa, who were in possession of 46 kilograms of skunk.
In Delta, two suspects: Joy Chukwuma, 25, and Eugene Felix, 22, were nabbed on Saturday 7th March at Ogwashi uku with 18.63kg skunk, 10.8 litres of codeine-based syrup and 4,268 pills of tramadol and swinol.
Similarly, a 48-year-old suspect, Eke London and his accomplice Austin Isusi, 49, were arrested at Egbisi forest, Uhumwonde LGA, Edo state where 1,910.25kg of skunk was destroyed by NDLEA operatives on two farms, while at Ikhin town, Owan East LGA, another suspect, Alaba Adeboye, 47, was apprehended with 176.50kg skunk.
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