By Damilare Adeleye
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have reportedly arrested one traditional chief priest of the Igunuko shrine located at Alpha beach Ajah Lekki, recovering 2,760kg skunk, a strain of cannabis, on 25th October 2024.
It was gathered that the suspect identified as Bariu Aliu (alias Malo) was arrested by NDLEA operatives after over three months of manhunt for him.
Femi Babafemi, NDLEA Director of Media and Advocacy, disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday.
He added that Bariu was the leader of a drug syndicate where two other accomplices were earlier arrested last year.
The statement read, “In Lagos, the traditional chief priest of the Igunuko shrine, Alpha beach Ajah Lekki where 2,760kg skunk was recovered on 25th October 2024, Bariu Aliu (alias Malo) has been arrested by NDLEA operatives after over three months of manhunt for him.
“Though two of his accomplices were earlier arrested at the shrine last year and had since been charged and convicted in court, Bariu was said to be the leader of the syndicate.”
Babafemi added, “A suspect, Habibu Ya’u, 23, was nabbed by NDLEA officers who raided Gadar Tamburawa, Zaria road, Kano on Thursday 9th January where they recovered 45 blocks of cannabis weighing 24.2kg; and 40,800 pills of opioids including tramadol from him.”
