Operatives of the National Drug Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested three blïñd men allegedly operating an illicit dr¥g ring between Lagos and Kano.
NDLEA’s spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, in a statement on Sunday, November 5, said the lid was blown off the group following the arrest of a blïñd suspect, Adamu Hassan, 40, along Gwagwalada expressway Abuja with 12kgs of skunk on his way from Lagos to Kano on Saturday, October 28.
“Investigations however established that he was totally oblivious of the content of the bag handed to him to deliver in Kano.
Follow up operations then led to the arrest of the arrowhead of the syndicate, Bello Abubakar, 45, who is also blïñd. In his statement, Bello who is married with five children said he has been living in Lagos for 30 years but started the illicit drug business five years ago.
Another suspect, Muktar Abubakar, 59, who is equally blind has been living in Lagos for 40 years and married to three wives with 14 children.
Both Muktar Abubakar and Bello Abubakar are joint owners of the business, while the third suspect, Akilu Amadu, 25, also blind equally contributes money to the criminal trade and was indeed the one who delivered the consignment to Adamu at the motor park in Lagos to deliver in Kano.
Another blind suspect who is the expected receiver of the consignment in Kano, Mallam Aminu is currently at large,” the statement reads.
