NDLEA Don Seize ₦6.7bn Worth of Tramadol, Codeine From Lagos Warehouse

Operatives of di National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) don clamp down on one big opioid cartel as dem recover illicit drugs wey worth over ₦6.7bn from dia secret warehouse inside one residential estate for Lagos State. According to statement wey Director of Media & Advocacy, NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, drop for Abuja on Wednesday, di bust happen as dem arrest suspected drug baron, Onyekachi Pius Nwanagu, plus five members of him gang with di hard drugs. Babafemi talk say NDLEA act on credible intel say di drug trafficking organisation wan distribute 7.2 million tramadol 225mg pills and 526,200 bottles of codeine syrup wey dem hide for one compound for 23 Sunny Billa East Street, Bucknor, Isheri–Isolo. Between 19th and 20th November 2025, NDLEA Special Operations Unit carry out coordinated raid wey lead to di arrest of gang members Egbo Innocent Udalor and Chukwe Emmanuel for Apple Junction, Festac, as dem dey move 300 cartons of opioids for truck. Follow-up raid for di same warehouse lead to di arrest of Nwanagu and other members like Nwoye Sunday Ali, Nnacho Ogochukwu and Oraghalia Chukwuebuka Philip.

In total, NDLEA recover 7,272,000 pills of tramadol worth ₦3.96bn and 53 million ml of codeine syrup valued at ₦2.762bn, with combined street value of about ₦6.722bn, all moved out of di estate with eleven trucks go NDLEA central exhibit complex for Lagos. Chairman/CEO of NDLEA, Brig Gen Mohamed Marwa (rtd), hail di operation, describe am as major blow to drug cartels wey dey prey on Nigeria youth. He praise di professionalism of di Special Operations Unit and Strike Force Unit as he talk say di arrest no be ordinary bust but clear message say drug barons no dey untouchable again. Marwa emphasise say NDLEA target now na di real kingpins and financiers of illicit drug trade, and dis arrest show say di long arm of law must catch up with every “merchant of death,” no matter how deep dem hide.