The suspects, identified as 84-year-old Godfrey Orji and 75-year-old Godwin Obulunbiya Obiora, were picked up in separate operations carried out by NDLEA operatives following intelligence-led investigations.
According to a statement released on Sunday by the agency’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, Obiora was arrested on June 19 after he was allegedly linked to the sale of illegal substances to students and other users through his patent medicine store.
Babafemi said, “Pa Obiora was arrested by NDLEA operatives on Friday, 19th June 2026, following credible intelligence that he was selling illicit substances to young students and others in his patent medicine store located at 4 Club Road, Umuahia, where 4.64 kilograms of opioids, including tramadol and diazepam, were recovered from him during a search of his premises.”
In another development, the agency said Orji, a pensioner, was arrested after he was allegedly caught supplying drugs to students of Saint Silas Secondary School in Old Umuahia.
“In his case, Pa Orji, who is a pensioner and also into the illicit drug trade, was nabbed by security guards at Saint Silas Secondary School, Old Umuahia, for supplying illicit drugs to two teenage students in the school. The guards thereafter handed them over to the police, who in turn transferred them to NDLEA on Thursday, 18th June,” Babafemi stated.
He added that during interrogation, one of the students, a 15-year-old SS2 pupil, allegedly admitted that the 84-year-old suspect regularly supplied him with drugs, which he also shared or sold to other students.
“In his statement, one of the two teenagers, a 15-year-old SS2 student, claimed the 84-year-old grandpa supplies him the drugs, which he takes and also sells to fellow students,” the statement noted.
The NDLEA said the two elderly suspects will be prosecuted, while the minors involved have been referred for counselling and rehabilitation.
Meanwhile, the agency also reported several other drug-related operations across the country.
In Lagos, operatives intercepted a shipment of ADB-Chminaca, a synthetic cannabinoid classified as a dangerous psychoactive substance, hidden inside a carton at a courier company. The consignment weighed 9.5 kilograms and reportedly came from China.
On June 16, officers also seized 300 grams of Loud, a strong strain of cannabis, concealed inside handbags at a logistics facility in the state.
The agency further disclosed that a wanted drug dealer, Lukman Badmus, also known as Lukman Ogombo, was tracked and his residence in Ogombo, Ajah, raided.
“In another interdiction operation in Lagos, NDLEA officers on Friday, 19th June, raided the home of a wanted drug dealer, Lukman Badmus (a.k.a. Lukman Ogombo), in Ogombo area of Ajah, where nine bottles of codeine syrup and 30 grams of skunk were recovered,” Babafemi said.
A follow-up search at his wife’s shop on Lagos Island reportedly uncovered additional drugs and evidence.
“A swift follow-up operation at Lukman’s wife’s shop in Patey area of Lagos Island led to the recovery of additional two bottles of codeine and drug paraphernalia, while 42 compressed blocks of skunk weighing 22.5kg were also recovered from a mini-bus parked in front of her shop. Attempt by the wife, Aisha Saraki, to flush some of the drug exhibits in the toilet during the raid was thwarted by operatives,” he added.
In Kogi State, NDLEA officers arrested a 33-year-old suspect, Tochukwu Onah, along the Okene–Lokoja highway after allegedly finding 1.030kg of methamphetamine hidden inside custard containers while he was travelling from Lagos to Abuja.
The agency also confirmed the arrest of two suspects, James Tony Chukwudi (48) and James Kehinde (35), linked to a previous seizure of 117kg of skunk in Ekiti State.
In Oyo State, a raid on a house in the Dangote area of Elekara, Oyo Town led to the arrest of three suspects, including a 75-year-old man, Tudun Olubiyi. Others arrested were Nasiru Buhari (22) and Buba Musa (47).
During the operation, officers reportedly recovered 1,416kg of skunk packed in 118 jumbo bags and covered with sawdust.