Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), have raided the Lagos base of a high-profile coc@in£ syndicate headed by a couple identified as Agbakoba John Mmadu and Agbakoba Ijeoma Chinwe as well as their associate, Okoye Ifeoma Maryjane, where large consignments of the class A dr¥g meant for export and local distribution were recovered.
This was revealed in a signed statement by the agency’s Director, Media & Advocacy, Femi Babafemi on Sunday, July 7, 2024.
The raid carried out by a special operations unit of the Agency followed months of intelligence gathering and surveillance on the syndicate not@rious for packaging, distributing and trafficking of coc@ine within and outside Nigeria.
54-year-old Agbakoba John Mmadu was arrested at Ago Palace Way, Okota while his wife, Agbakoba Ijeoma Chinwe, 39, and associate, Okoye Ifeoma Maryjane, 31, who doubles as their stash keeper, were nabbed at Plot 2205 Eugene Ndubisi close, Lilly Estate, Amuwo Odofin area of Lagos, all on Wednesday July 3, 2024.
While seven parcels of coc@ine with a total weight of 7.652 kilograms were recovered from Mmadu at Ago palace way, not less than one hundred and twenty-two (122) compressed pellets of the same dr¥g weighing 2.42kg were seized from the duo of Ijeoma and Ifeoma at Lilly Estate, bringing the total seizure to 10.1 kilograms valued at over N2.1 billion in street value
