Suspected drug kingpin arrested after NDLEA’s 3 years manhunt

Three years after launching a manhunt for him over drug trafficking offences, a notorious drug kingpin suspect, Sunday Ibigide (36) has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Asaba, Delta state. The Agency said he was arrested while attempting to move 250 blocks of skunk weighing 138 kilograms with […]

Three years after launching a manhunt for him over drug trafficking offences, a notorious drug kingpin suspect, Sunday Ibigide (36) has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Asaba, Delta state.

The Agency said he was arrested while attempting to move 250 blocks of skunk weighing 138 kilograms with his distribution bus.

The Agency added that Ibigide came under searchlight on March 19, 2022 in connection with the seizure of 24.137kg of same psychoactive substance and 10 grams of molly but thereafter went underground.

A statement on Sunday by Femi Babafemi, the Agency’s Director of Media & Advocacy, said following credible intelligence, NDLEA operatives in Delta State were able to arrest him along with one of his aides Clement Osuya (27) while they were trying to move the 250 parcels of skunk for distribution on Sunday August 10, 2025.

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The director also informed that no fewer than six suspects were arrested on Thursday 14th and Friday 15th August when NDLEA operatives supported by the military and vigilantes raided three cannabis farms in Enugu Ezike, Enugu state where a total of 37,500kg skunk was destroyed on 15 hectares of farmland.