A 75-year-old grandma, Mrs Sekinat Soremekun, has been nabbed by the Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Lagos State for allegedly dealing in illicit drugs.
Femi Babafemi, the spokesperson for the agency, while disclosing this on Sunday in a statement, said at the time of Soremekun’s arrest in the Oshodi area of Lagos on Friday, quantities of cannabis and litres of codeine syrup were recovered from her.
He said, “She claimed her son, Segun, who is now at large, supplied her the illicit substances which she retailed.”
Meanwhile, a multi-million-naira mansion located at K-5A/2 Road 14, Victoria Garden City (VGC) estate, Lekki area of Lagos State, was used as a clandestine laboratory for the production of methamphetamine by a convicted drug baron, Okenwa Chris Nzewi, has been forfeited to the Federal Government following his successful prosecution and conviction in court by the NDLEA.
According to reports, Okenwa was arrested along with his associate, Sunny Okeh Ukah, on July 30, 2022 and subsequently arraigned on four counts in charge number FHC/L/527C/2022 at the Federal High Court, Lagos, where both pleaded guilty and were convicted and sentenced to four and three years imprisonment each with an option of fine of N4m and N3m respectively in addition to community service for four and three weeks each.
His vehicle, marked EKY 496 DJ, was equally forfeited to the Federal Government.
To further deny him of enjoying the proceeds of his criminal activity, the NDLEA filed a civil forfeiture charge against the building used as a clandestine laboratory at the Federal High Court Lagos, which initially granted an interim forfeiture order that elapsed on December 6 before the final forfeiture on December 7, 2023.