NDLEA declares four accomplices of Lagos drug kingpin wanted

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has declared four suspected drug traffickers wanted for their alleged involvement in multiple drug-related activities.

In a statement released on Monday, NDLEA spokesperson Femi Babafemi revealed that the suspects are close associates of Lagos drug kingpin, Suleiman Aremu Ganiu, also known as Barryshine or Ejeoto, who is currently facing criminal charges at a federal high court in Lagos.

According to Babafemi, the federal high court in Lagos issued an order declaring the suspects wanted. The individuals named in the court order are:

Olarenwaju Ramon Abdulai (a.k.a Alhaji Loyingbo)

Oluwafemi Akande Abidoye (a.k.a Igbono, Baba Eje, Ade Iwaya, Femi Iwaya)

Olumuyiwa Olufemi Ilori (a.k.a Murphy)

Alate Kafy Bakare Bukki of Kaffy Travels

The court ruling, delivered on Tuesday, January 28, 2025, granted NDLEA’s request to issue a public notice declaring the suspects wanted and displaying their photographs.

Babafemi further disclosed that the alleged cartel leader, Suleiman Aremu Ganiu, was arrested on August 26, 2024, after being under NDLEA surveillance for two years. He was placed on the agency’s watchlist due to his suspected role in four failed attempts to smuggle cocaine to Saudi Arabia and Qatar through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja, between 2022 and 2024.

He added that several drug couriers linked to Aremu had already been apprehended, prosecuted, and convicted by the NDLEA.