Ajetsibo Emami, a notorious drug kingpin popularly known as ‘Warri Kinsman, has been arrested by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Ikeja, Lagos over drug trafficking.
According to the NDLEA, Emami’s arrest follows a three-day operation during which operatives dismantled his drug trafficking network and apprehended three additional suspects.
On Saturday, 28th June, NDLEA operatives recovered 24 jumbo bags containing 681 pouches of Canadian Loud—a potent strain of cannabis—weighing a total of 414.2 kilograms from Emami’s network.
NDLEA added that the successful operation was based on credible intelligence that revealed Ajetsibo Emami plan to transport the illicit shipment to the Lekki area of Lagos, from where it was to be distributed within the state and across Nigeria.
Ajetsibo is said to be the younger brother of Chief Ayiri Emami, a popular Delta politician and businessman.
The agency also disclosed that it intercepted cocaine shipments hidden inside lipsticks and property title documents bound for the United Kingdom and Saudi Arabia, respectively.
The cocaine consignments were discovered on Thursday, 3rd July 2025, by NDLEA officers from the Directorate of Operations and General Investigation (DOGI) stationed at a Lagos-based courier company preparing the cargos for international shipment.
Officers seized 420 grams of cocaine ingeniously concealed in 84 pieces of female lipsticks intended for the UK, and 280 grams of the same drug hidden inside a property title document (Certificate of Occupancy, C of O) destined for Saudi Arabia.”
In Ojo, Lagos, a major family-run drug syndicate was busted as NDLEA operatives took into custody Ajah Johnson Uchenna, his wife Rosemary, their daughters Stella and Ngozi, and a family friend Okoro Elijah. The DSS initially arrested the couple on Friday, 13th June, with 277.5kg of skunk. A follow-up raid on Tuesday, 1st July, led to the recovery of 231kg more of the same drug, with Ngozi, Blessing Uchenna, and Elijah found operating the distribution from their home.
At Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos, on Wednesday, 2nd July, NDLEA officers intercepted Aburemi Hysent, a regular international courier, attempting to smuggle 7,660 pills of tramadol (225mg and 200mg) hidden inside food items to Italy. Hysent confessed he was promised €800 upon delivery.
Another operation at the Lagos airport’s export shed on Friday, 4th July, led to the seizure of 52 counterfeit travellers cheques worth A$17.7 million hidden in children’s books and destined for Malaysia via Istanbul.
Freight agent Bolarinwa Saheed was arrested and will be handed over to the EFCC for further investigation.
NDLEA’s intensified efforts across the country included the following highlights:
Seme, Badagry (5th July): 718 balls of skunk (359kg) recovered from a Baba-Pupa store.
Okene-Lokoja Highway: 10,000 tramadol pills and 1.05kg of Colorado seized. Chinedu Odo, Samuel Ogbonna, and Kingsley Ugaji arrested at Jabi Park, Abuja.
Osun State: Ajegunle, Osogbo (3rd July): 13,901 opioid pills recovered; suspects Agunbiade Folusho and Suleiman Dasola arrested.
Ile-Ife: Adebayo Adewale, arrested with 48,205 pills of opioids from his medicine shop.
Akindeko Junction, Osogbo (1st July): Wasiu Ajadi, Babatunde Jamiu Ojo, and Yusuf Sarafadeen arrested with 1,250 pentazocine ampoules, 850 tramadol pills, and three bottles of codeine syrup.
Ikaka, Oke-Ila Forest: 24,175kg of cannabis destroyed on 9.67 hectares; seven suspects arrested.
Borno: 167kg of skunk seized at Gamboru-Ngala.
Zaria-Kano Road: 452kg skunk recovered; Nasuru Saleh and Mustapha Muhammad arrested.
Abuja-Kaduna Expressway (3rd July): 11,000 tramadol pills recovered from Sule Ibrahim Sadiq.
Sokoto: Joseph Onungene, 62, arrested with 4,800 tramadol pills.
Kebbi: 312kg of skunk and 10,000 diazepam tablets seized from Bakin Kasuwa Yauri base.
Taraba (5th July): Chigbo Okolo, 52, and Ishaku Musa, 28, arrested in Mallum, Ardo-Kola with 49,930 tramadol capsules.
Edo State: NDLEA raided Ewere forest, Owan West LGA; Alaba Monday, a wanted suspect, arrested with 115kg of cannabis; three others also nabbed in a 2.05-hectare farm.
Cross River (Ofudua, Obubra): Mike Abeng, 78, arrested with 14.49kg of skunk and tramadol. Oyom Akam, Sylvester Odem, and Moses Ayo also apprehended at Ovonum, Obubra.
