How NDLEA Arrested Unrepentant DPO, Wanted Female Drug Kingpin |READ DETAILS

The 64 year old Chika who was dismissed as the DPO, Idanre Police station, Ondo state, over drug related offences, was arrested on Sunday, January 30, 2022 alongside an accomplice, Emmanuel Eniola, (40).

The duo were arrested with 280 blocks of compressed cannabis weighing 168kg, in Mokwa, Niger state, after their Toyota Avalon car marked EKY 429 BZ (Lagos) loaded with the substance at Idanre and heading to Kanji, Borgu area of the state was intercepted.

A statement signed by Femi Babafemi, Director, Media & Advocacy, NDLEA Headquarters, Abuja, read in part;

"In Niger state, a 64-year-old former Divisional Police Officer of Idanre Police station, Ondo state, who was dismissed from service for drug offences, Mr. Monday George Chika, has again been arrested with an accomplice, Emmanuel Eniola, 40, with 280 blocks of compressed cannabis weighing 168kg. They were arrested on Sunday 30th Jan. in Mokwa, Niger state, after their Toyota Avalon car marked EKY 429 BZ (Lagos) loaded with the substance at Idanre and heading to Kanji, Borgu area of the state was intercepted.ÔÇØ

Babafemi also revealed that a wanted female drug kingpin, one Jemilat Seriki (50) have been arrested.

"Meanwhile, a female drug kingpin, Mrs. Jemilat Seriki, who is one of the owners of 12,385 pellets of Loud imported from Ghana and intercepted at Eko Atlantic beach, Victoria Island Lagos on Saturday 27th November 2021, has been arrested by narcotic officers after weeks of manhunt. Mrs. Seriki, a.k.a Iya Ilorin admitted being one the owners of the consignments seized, adding that her bags of drugs had Jah Bless written on them. When eventually identified and sorted, she has 16 bags with the inscription containing drugs weighing 668.85kg.ÔÇØ