NDLEA Uncovers Palm Oil Keg Full Of Drugs At Kano Airport, Arrests 85-Year-Old Grandma With 179kg Skunk In Edo (Video)

NDLEA Uncovers Palm Oil Keg Full Of Drugs At Kano Airport

 

OpenLife News reports that operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have busted a Saudi Arabia-bound drug consignment hidden inside a gallon of palm oil at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, MAKIA, and arrested an 85-year-old grandmother with 179kg of skunk in Edo State.

The Agency said the palm oil keg contained 511.75 grams of cannabis sativa, intercepted during the outward clearance of Ethiopian Airlines flight to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia via Addis Ababa on Friday, 16th October 2026.

NDLEA’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, who disclosed this in a statement on Sunday, said a female passenger, Fatimah Ahmad, was arrested with the exhibit.

According to Babafemi, Fatimah told operatives that the gallon was given to her by her cousin, Abubakar Yahaya, who was immediately arrested at the airport car park.

In another major interception, NDLEA operatives uncovered 8,725 kilograms of powdered tramadol worth over N6.98 billion at the Apapa Port in Lagos.

The shipment, which arrived from India and was falsely declared as maize starch, was discovered on 2nd October during a joint examination with Customs and other agencies at the APM Terminals.

A forensic analysis confirmed it to be tramadol hydrochloride powder packed in 349 bags.

Similarly, at Tincan Port in Lagos on Monday 12th October, officers discovered 55kg of Canadian Loud valued at N165 million, concealed in brown cartons inside a Toyota Sienna vehicle conveyed in a 40-foot container.

In Lagos, the Agency raided Idumota market on Wednesday 14th October, arresting Elizabeth Chidera Kalu with 10,600 ampoules of diazepam injection and 6,500 tablets of Molly recovered from her store.

The next day in Mushin, two 35-year-old men were arrested: Idowu Daudu with 59.95kg of skunk and Ahmed Oniyinde with 61.23kg of the same substance.

Along Iyana Oba on Thursday 15th October, operatives intercepted a truck from Trade Fair market, arresting Tajudeen Adeduntan, the loading manager, and his assistant, Azeez Sikiru, with 18,000 pills of tramadol 250mg hidden in cartons labelled as Rambo insecticide.

In Edo State, operatives raided Warake, Ivhiaro and Ewe/Irue communities in Owan East LGA between 15th and 16th October, arresting six suspects including 85-year-old Grace Ehimeka who was caught with 179kg of skunk at Warake.

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Other suspects arrested in Edo include Ayo Aigberadion, 53, with 220.8kg at Ewe/Irue; Ali Garba, 57, with 5.852kg; Habib Braimoh, 45, with 100 grams; Musa Mubid, 35, with 2kg of cannabis, seeds, tramadol, Swinol and diazepam; and Hope Okoro, 35, with 237 grams of loud.

In Ondo State, NDLEA operatives raided a cannabis farm in Okemoro Isinbode camp forest on Saturday 17th October, destroying 7,500kg of skunk on three hectares and arresting five suspects.

Exhibits recovered included 92 bags weighing 1,267kg, 11kg of seeds and 3kg of fresh stems, totalling 1,281kg.

On Friday 16th October, 53-year-old Okunebe Ndidi was trailed to his hideout in Ameyinti, Owo area, with 25 bags of cannabis weighing 375kg recovered.

In Bauchi, Shamsu Garba, 35, was arrested at Ragwam village, Katagum LGA on Wednesday 14th October with 894,800 pills of tramadol and exol-5 recovered from his Volkswagen Golf wagon.

Same day, 291 blocks of cannabis weighing 265kg were recovered from an abandoned car at Tudun Natsira village along Bauchi-Gombe road.

In Kano, two suspects, Ali Abdullahi, 38, and Ibrahim Adamu, 23, were arrested along Zaria-Kano road on Tuesday 13th October with 30,100 tablets of tramadol 225mg, while 54-year-old Murtala Dayyabu was arrested at Niger Street, Malan Kato on Wednesday 14th October with 100,000 tablets of Exol-5.

In Kaduna, a raid at Kayimi village led to the arrest of Mohammed Sani, 48, Zaharadeen Shafiu, 29, and Yakubu Abdullahi, 20, with 496.5kg of cannabis. At Food Palace, Ali Akilu Road, John Ayo David, 39, was arrested with 49,500 tablets of tramadol 225mg.

A 42-year-old suspect, Odo Jonas Ejike was arrested with 29,500 capsules of tramadol at Utako area of Abuja on Saturday 17th October.

While commending the officers of Apapa, Tincan, MAKIA, Lagos, Edo, Bauchi, Ondo, Kano and FCT Commands, NDLEA Chairman, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (rtd) urged them to sustain the onslaught against drug trafficking networks.