Church Officials In NDLEA Custody Over Deadly Drug Trafficking In Delta
Two church officials of Warri based Christ Mercyland Deliveries Ministries are now in the custody of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) over intercepted consignment of drug.
However, NDLEA identified the suspect as Adewale Ayeni who is the church’s prayer call manager, and Ebipakebina appeal who is in-charge of the movement of international guests from the airports.
NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, in a statement on Sunday, said they were picked for being alleged members of a gang trafficking lethal Opoid called Fentanyl in Warri axis.
He said two other suspects arrested in connection with the drug consignment are Naome David, a staff of United Parcel Service and Stanley Njideka, who he described as a business partner of Ayeni.
Babafemi said the Fentanyl cartel operating from Warri, was busted a month after two members of another syndicate:
Odoh Collins Ogu Ejiofor and Oliver Chigozie Uzoma were arrested at Ogbogwu market, Onitsha Head Bridge, Onitsha in, Anambra State.
According to him, it followed months of intelligence-led investigation of the syndicates behind the dangerous drug, which is 100 times more potent than heroin.
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Two female accomplices also arrested in Warri in the course of investigating the intercepted shipments include Naomi David, 28, who is a staff of United Parcel Services (UPS), and Stacy Njideka, also known as Nkiruka, 27, who is a business associate of Ayeni.”
In another development, Babafemi said the operatives seized a Toyota vehicle carrying two passengers with 118 cartons of noodles where 544 blocks of compressed cannabis were concealed in Adamawa.
The drugs weighing 408kg were to be distributed in Yola, Mubi, and Gombe states.
He said 89 jumbo bags of skunk were seized from one Segun Odeyemi in Lagos, while an abandoned Peugeot vehicle was recovered with bags of fresh pepper used to conceal 25 bags of cannabis on the Akure-Ilesa expressway.
“In the same vein, operatives in Ogun state on Thursday 6th July raided a skucchies factory at Ajaka Sagamu where a suspect, Adekunle Adekola was arrested.
Exhibits recovered from the premises include 10kg cannabis; 1,356 litres of sketches, 20 litres of codeine, seven deep freezers; a set of fireman generators, and two gas cylinders among others,” he said.
The spokesperson added that Buba Marwa, NDLEA chairman, commended the officers and urged them to continue to track the fentanyl opioid cartels in Nigeria.
