A court in Nigeria has jailed five cocoaine and opiods traffickers for 21 years.
The five convicts were recently arrested by personnel of Nigeria’s National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in connection with the seizure of 68.9 kilograms of cocaine and tramadol at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport at Ikeja in Lagos.
Five drug kingpins bag 21 years imprisonment over Gabon and Australia-bond cocaine/opioids; forfeit cash and luxury vehicles to Federal Government.
A statement released on Friday, November 7, 2025 by NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, disclosed that Olasupo Michael Oladimeji; Muaezee Ademola Ogunbiyi; and Sola Adegoke who are leaders of one of the cartels were arrested following the seizure of 17.9 kilograms of cocaine concealed in textile materials and local charms going to Sydney, Australia at the export shed of the MMIA Lagos on 26th August 2025.
According to the statement, “in the course of investigation, 20.5 kilograms of Canadian Loud, a strain of cannabis, were recovered from Ogunbiyi’s home in Lekki and a black Range Rover SUV marked RBC 459 EJ found in Adegoke’s residence in Ikeja GRA. They were subsequently arraigned on five counts in charge number FHC/L/925C/2025 before Justice Musa Kakaki of the Federal High Court, Lagos on 30th October 2025. The accused persons later pleaded guilty to the charges against each of them.’’
It added that while delivering his judgement on October 31, 2025, Justice Kakaki sentenced each of them to five years imprisonment without the option of fine, bringing the total number of years in jail for the three of them to 15 years. The court further ordered that the Range Rover SUV and a Toyota Venza Car seized from the convicts in the course of the investigation be forfeited to the Federal Government of Nigeria.
It further stated that in the same vein, two kingpins of another syndicate, Obunike Joseph Obichukwu and Uzorchukwu Godspower Chukwurah, were arrested by NDLEA operatives following the seizure of 2.60kg cocaine and 27.90kg tramadol concealed in motor spare parts being taken to Gabon through the Lagos airport on 19th July 2025.
