NDLEA destroys 178,000kg of Skunk in Taraba, arrests grandpa in Anambra
A 75-year-old grandfather, Uchelue Ikechukwu, was among six suspects arrested with illicit substances in raids by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in parts of Anambra State. A 30-year-old man, Alfa Andrew, was also taken into custody following the destruction of 178,750 kilograms of skunk on his 71.5-hectare cannabis farm in the […]
A 75-year-old grandfather, Uchelue Ikechukwu, was among six suspects arrested with illicit substances in raids by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in parts of Anambra State.
A 30-year-old man, Alfa Andrew, was also taken into custody following the destruction of 178,750 kilograms of skunk on his 71.5-hectare cannabis farm in the Mayodoga forest, Sardauna local council area of Taraba State.
While Uchelue was nabbed at Umudioka, Dunukofia local government area of Anambra with 26.7kg of skunk on Thursday, August 28, 2025, Eneh Makuo; Emmanuel Chiemeli; Uwakwe Matthew; Chukwujekwu Ehirim; Ifeanyichukwu Olisa; and Odoh Chukwuma were arrested with various quantities of opioids and skunk at the Nkwelle and Amichi areas of the state.
In his case, Andrew was arrested with a Dane gun on Tuesday, August 26, when NDLEA operatives, supported by personnel of the Nigerian Army, Nigeria Forest Security Service, Mambila Youth Vanguard, and Vigilante, stormed his 71.5-hectare cannabis farm located at Mayodoga forest, Mayosabere ward in Sardauna LGA, Taraba State, where they destroyed 178,750 kilograms of skunk, a strain of cannabis.
A statement on Sunday from Femi Babafemi, the Agency’s spokesperson, said no fewer than 104,900 capsules of tramadol, concealed in the driver’s compartment of a fuel tanker, suspected to be an illicit consignment going to insurgents in parts of Borno state, were also intercepted by NDLEA operatives at the Abuja/Kaduna tollgate in Kaduna on Friday, August 29. A suspect, Hassan Buba, was immediately taken into custody.
He said another suspect, Kabir Sulaiman, 45, was nabbed with 34.150kg of skunk by NDLEA officers at the Gwargwaje-Zaria checkpoint on Saturday, August 30.