NDLEA arrests couple running cocaine syndicate, recovers N2.1b drug in Lagos raid

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has raided the Lagos base of a cocaine syndicate said to be headed couple –  Agbakoba John Mmadu, and Agbakoba Ijeoma Chinwe, as well as one Okoye Ifeoma Maryjane.

The NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, stated that large consignments of the class A drug meant for export and local distribution were recovered from the base.

Babafemi said the raid carried out by a special operations unit of the NDLEA followed months of intelligence gathering and surveillance on the syndicate notorious for packaging, distributing and trafficking of cocaine within and outside Nigeria.

He added, “The 54-year-old Agbakoba John Mmadu was arrested at Ago palace way, Okota while his wife, Agbakoba Ijeoma Chinwe, 39, and associate, Okoye Ifeoma Maryjane, 31, who doubles as their stash keeper, were nabbed at Plot 2205 Eugene Ndubisi close, Lilly Estate, Amuwo Odofin area of Lagos, all on Wednesday, July 3, 2024.

“While seven parcels of cocaine with a total weight of 7.652 kilograms were recovered from Mmadu at Ago palace way, about 122 compressed  pellets of the same drug weighing 2.42kg were seized from the duo of Ijeoma and Ifeoma at Lilly Estate, bringing the total seizure to 10.1 kilograms valued at over N2.1 billion in street value.”