Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, on Friday 27th December 2024 arrested a US-trained Hollywood and Nollywood filmmaker, Emeka Emmanuel Mbadiwe, who is also a motivational speaker at his Lekki Hotel room following the arrest of his partner, Uzoekwe Ugochukwu James, earlier same day at a warehouse in Ajao estate Ikeja.
According to the NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, Mbadiwe had sent his partner, Uzoekwe Ugochukwu James, to collect a shipment of 33 parcels of cannabis, weighing 17.30 kilograms, from a warehouse in Ajao estate, Ikeja. The cannabis had arrived at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport on December 24, 2024, from the United States, concealed in large wooden boxes.
In a separate incident, NDLEA operatives in Kwara state arrested two individuals, Khadijat Abdulraheem, a 24-year-old fresh graduate, and Ayomide Morakinyo, a 20-year-old student of the University of Ilorin, for producing and selling drug-laced cupcakes to students. A search of their apartment yielded 42 pieces of drugged cakes.
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