The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested an 80-year-old grandpa, Ayuba Ashiru and an 82-year-old grandma, Mrs. Uloma Sunday, as well as her daughter, Chisom Uchechi, in raids carried out across the country.
A statement by the Director, Media and Advocacy of the NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi, on Sunday said opioids worth over N3.2 billion were intercepted at Apapa seaport in Lagos and Port Harcourt port, Onne, Rivers state.
Ayuba, who had previously been arrested and prosecuted by NDLEA for drug dealing offences, was convicted and served a 10-year jail term between 2014 and 2024. He was again arrested on 14th May 2025 at Barazana street, Dogarawa area of Sabon Gari LGA, Kaduna State by NDLEA officers acting on credible intelligence.
A total of 2.3 kilograms of skunk packaged in nylons and papers in retail sizes were recovered from Ayuba, who claimed to have been in the illicit drug trade for the past 46 years.
Similarly, NDLEA operatives in Abia state on Saturday raided the home of 82-year-old Mrs. Uloma Uchechi Sunday at Umuaguma Ntigha Uzor village, where different quantities of methamphetamine, tramadol and skunk, a strain of cannabis, as well as a cash exhibit of N130,600 were recovered from her and her daughter, 32-year-old Chisom Uchechi.
Babafemi said the grandma confessed that she and her daughter took over the drug trade after her son, who started the business, died two years ago.
