Illicit drugs: NDLEA arrests popular skit maker, 3 others

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Wednesday arrested popular skit maker, Sunday Joshua, popularly known as De-General, and three others for alleged possession of illicit drugs.

According to the agency, 22-year-old De-General was arrested in the early hours alongside Adebayo Ajayi, Austin Udoekong and one Emmanuel at Orchid Estate, Lekki, Lagos State.

A statement by NDLEA’s Director, Media & Advocacy, Femi Babafemi said narcotic officers, acting on credible intelligence, stormed “the drug joint in the estate, where three suspects were arrested with illicit drugs including 200 sachets of 225mg Tramadol and 1.5kilograms of cannabis sativa. In the course of the operation, some persons including the suspected dealer ran away with bags suspected to contain exhibits.”

He stated further that the suspects ran into  a house located at 2B Saula Akinlolu way, Orchid Estate, which is the residence of De General.

“The young men started to make noise to prevent a search. The operatives introduced themselves as officers of NDLEA and submitted themselves for search before entry. This was done and a search was conducted.

“The search led to the recovery of drug exhibits including cannabis sativa; Tramadol 225mg, and some paraphernalia for drug use. This was after the suspect had requested to record on video the search, which the officers out of sense of civility allowed. The video trending on social media was the moment the suspect and his friends decided to disrupt the bid to conduct a search of the house,” Babafemi said.

Meanwhile, the statement said the skit maker had confessed to owning the drugs recovered from his house.

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