On 28 October 2026, NDLEA operatives supported by soldiers raided Eko Camp near Illushi in Esan South-East, Edo State, and destroyed a cannabis plantation covering 1.646 hectares.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22] NDLEA estimated that the crop could yield 4,115.53 kg of cannabis; this is a projected yield, not a reported weight of plants recovered or destroyed.[1][2]

The agency said operatives arrested Christiana Uboi, 50, at the camp with 301 kg of processed cannabis.[1][2][3][4] It also reported recovering another 176 kg of processed cannabis at the site.[1][2] The report gives no count of the growing plants.[1] Channels Television repeated the NDLEA account, while the agency’s own post places the plantation report in a broader roundup of operations that also included unrelated airport arrests.[1][2] NDLEA published its account on 1 November, four days after the plantation raid.[1] Neither report states whether Uboi or another person was charged, and neither gives a later court outcome.[1][2]