The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has seized a total of 3.5 million opioid pills and 163,000 bottles of codeine syrup, valued at over N3.428 billion, in Lagos State, Rivers State, and Port Harcourt combined.
In Lagos, a total of 1,500,000 pills of a controlled opioid were recovered from a suspect, Olarenwaju Wahab at the Alaba-Rago area of Ojo on the 29th April while the source of the consignment was traced to Q104B Road 25, Victoria Garden City, Lekki, which is the residence of one Obinna Kenneth who is now at large.
Illicit drug trafficking and consumption have emerged as critical challenges in Nigeria, undermining public health, security, and socio-economic stability.
Recently, NDLEA destroyed 1.6 million kilograms of illicit drugs, the largest seizure in the agency’s history.