NDLEA destroys 27,500 kg of skunk on 11 hectares at Ejeonu
On Sunday 10 May 2026 NDLEA teams backed by soldiers raided a cannabis farm at Ejeonu in Ukwuani, Delta State, destroying 27,500 kilograms of skunk on 11 hectares and recovering 22.9 kilograms more. A follow-up operation at Obiaruku led to the arrest of 52-year-old Ifeanyichukwu Peter.
NDLEA reported destroying 11 hectares of cannabis in Ukwuani, Delta State, on 10 May 2026.[1][2][3][4]
On Sunday 10 May 2026 National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) operatives, supported by
soldiers, raided a cannabis farm at Ejeonu village in Ukwuani local government area, Delta
State.[1][2]
Agency spokesman Femi Babafemi said in a statement reported by Punch and National Post that
the teams destroyed 27,500 kilograms of skunk cultivated on 11 hectares and recovered another
22.9 kilograms from the site.[1][2]
In a follow-up operation at Obiaruku, officers arrested 52-year-old Ifeanyichukwu Peter in
connection with the Ejeonu farm.[1][2]
The same release described a separate clearance at Orogun on 12 May; those figures are not
included here.[1][2]
Neither account published a field photograph of the Ejeonu raid.[1][2]
Delta State NDLEA Commander Halilu Hamidi told reporters in Ogwashi-Uku on 15 September 2026[3][4]that operatives had destroyed 11 hectares of cannabis farmland at Obiaruku in Ukwani local[3][4]government area on 10 May 2026.[3][4]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
The spokesman's weekly statement also covered a separate 15-hectare raid at Orogun on 12 May; this report covers only Ejeonu.
Neither outlet published a photograph of the Ejeonu farm; Punch used a generic NDLEA image for the wider release.
The map uses Ukwuani local government area; Ejeonu village is not geolocated separately in the sources checked.
The 22.9 kilograms recovered at the farm are additional to the 27,500 kilograms destroyed in the field.
Hamidi announced the Obiaruku figure at a September 2026 press briefing; neither outlet published a contemporaneous field report from 10 May 2026.
A separate May 2026 operation at Ejeonu in Ukwani led to arrests reported elsewhere; this report covers only the 11-hectare Obiaruku farm clearance Hamidi listed.
No suspects, destruction method or yield estimate was given for the Obiaruku plot.
The NDLEA's Nasarawa State command destroyed cannabis farms of about 1.5 hectares each in Awe and Kokona Local Government Areas, its new commander CN Saidu Daniel said at Government House, Lafia. Governor Abdullahi Sule told the agency to search out and destroy cannabis farms on ungoverned land in the state.
NDLEA and soldiers destroyed a cannabis plantation covering 1.646 hectares at Eko Camp, near Illushi, Edo, on 28 October 2026. The agency estimated a potential yield of 4,115.53 kg and reported arresting a 50-year-old woman with 301 kg of processed cannabis.
State CID operatives on anti-crime patrol arrested Aondaver Dominic, Sylvanus Umoor and Peter Tar at Sabongida Bature and Gidan Kparev villages in Kadarko, Keana LGA, on 22 October 2026, recovering dry and fresh leaves suspected to be Indian hemp. A search of a garden behind the suspects' residence found more cannabis allegedly under cultivation; all exhibits were secured for NDLEA handover.
The NDLEA destroyed two cannabis farms in Ugbada Forest, Uzebba, on 18 October 2026, burning 450 kg of processed cannabis and keeping 97 kg as exhibits. A 42-year-old woman was arrested nearby with 35 kg.
