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NDLEA Gets Court Order To Detain Billionaire Arrested With N8.8bn Tramadol
LAGOS – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Thursday secured an order of a Lagos Federal High Court, to detain a Lagos-based billionaire, Nsofor Kennedy Ugochukwu, a.k.a, Ugochukwu Nsofor Chukwukadibia, in its custody for a period of 14 days, pending the conclusion of ongoing investigation.
The court presided over by Justice Akintayo Aluko made the order, sequel to an ex parte application filed and moved by NDLEA’s prosecutor, Umar Hussain, seeking to empower the agency to remand the defendant in its custody for an initial period of 14 days.
NDLEA has approached the court with the motion ex parte attached with an affidavit deposed to by one Kareem Olayinka Musibau, a litigation officer, attached to the agency’s Directorate of Prosecution and Legal Services.
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In the affidavit, NDLEA claimed that there spondent was arrested at Plot-2-130, Road 67 VGC Housing Estate, along Epe Expressway in Lagos on September 30, 2022, in connection to the seizure of 10,598kilogrammesof tramadol, while dealing and conspiring to distribute same to his associates in Nigeria and other parts of the world.
The deponent stated that the respondent is an illicit drug baron operating a drug trafficking organisation in collaboration with his associates in Nigeria and other part of the world. And that the court has the powers under the law to make the orders sought on the motion paper.
The deponent averred that it will serve the interest of justice if this application is granted.
Justice Aluko after listening to the submission made by the NDLEA lawyer, and cited plethora of authorities, held that: “The application is meritorious and same is hereby granted”.
NDLEA’s Director, Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, had in a statement said following credible intelligence, NDLEA operatives on Friday, September 30, stormed the Plot A45, Road 2 home of the 52-year-old billionaire drug kingpin.
He stated that a search of the expansive mansion led to the discovery of 443 cartons of tramadol hydrochloride 225mg, which contains 13,451,466 pills of the drug while some cartons were already burnt in a fire incident in the house same day.
“Before his arrest, Ugochukwu who hails from Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra State has been on the agency’s watch list as one of those behind the tramadol drug cartel in Nigeria.”
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200,000 repentant terrorists surrender, drop arms in North East – CDS
200,000 repentant terrorists surrender, drop arms in North East – CDS
The Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa, has disclosed that about 200,000 repentant terrorists have so far dropped their arms and surrendered to troops in the North East, noting that the twin strategy of kinetic and non-kinetic operations was responsible for this achievement.
The CDS made this known at the Security and Justice Symposium organised by the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) in collaboration with the British High Commission, which began at the National Counterterrorism Centre in Abuja on Tuesday.
He disclosed that the theme of the symposium, ”Securing Peace, Ensuring Justice, Protection, Conduct, and Accountability,” speaks volumes about the deluge of security challenges the armed forces and security agencies are facing.
His words, “All the challenges we are facing today have to do with fairness, equity, justice, and accountability.
“There will not be peace without justice, equity, fairness, and accountability. In our operations, we are conducting both kinetic and non-kinetic strategies, which have to a large extent yielded significant successes, and we want to particularly thank the National Security Adviser for his great support in this regard.
“Nigeria is going through so many challenges, and we feel we’re able to address this, and everybody has a sense of belonging. A lot of the security challenges we are having, we are sure, will go down. I want to thank the National Security Advisor for all the support he’s given us, both the kinetic and the non-kinetic.
“We have said it; the kinetic aspect is just less than 30%. The non-kinetic has a lot to play. The non-kinetic, because when you have democracy, people must have the evidence of democracy. As long as it tells people to sleep well and be peaceful, and they are hungry, their children cannot eat, and all this creates more problems.
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“The issue of informants. We have to look at how we tackle this issue of informants. Because these are the people who have created the issue.
200,000 repentant terrorists surrender, drop arms in North East – CDS
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Robbers kill two members in shoot-out with Delta police
Robbers kill two members in shoot-out with Delta police
The spokesperson for the police in Delta State, SP Bright Edafe, has confirmed the death of two robbery suspects in the state.
Mr Edafe, who disclosed this to journalists on Tuesday in Warri, said that the deceased were killed from the bullets shot by their gang members.
According to him, the incident occurred on Wednesday at Effurun, Uvwie Local Government Area of the state.
Mr Edafe explained that the deceased were leading the police surveillance team attached to the Ekpan Division to their hideout when they were caught during a shoot-out.
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“The suspects were arrested at Effurun roundabout with a bag containing 57 live cartridges and other items. They were leading the surveillance team to their hideout at Warri/Sapele road when their gang members, on sighting the vehicle of the police team, engaged them in a shootout.During the gun duel, the arrested suspects that were leading the police team were fatally wounded by the gun shot of their colleagues. The two injured suspects were taken to the hospital and later died while receiving treatment,” he said.
Mr Edafe said that items recovered from the hoodlums hideout included: one English pump action gun, one locally made cut-to-size gun and eight live cartridges.
Others were: six iPhones, Smart phones and a Rolex wrist watch.
He said that the command had intensified manhunt on the fleeing members of the gang.
Robbers kill two members in shoot-out with Delta police
(NAN)
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