The NDLEA’s Edo State Command arrested an 85-year-old grandmother with 179 kg of cannabis in Warake community, Owan East, during coordinated raids that netted 407.39 kg of cannabis in total.[1][2]
Grace Ehimeka, popularly known as Mama Grace, was picked up on 16 October 2026 at her residence with 15 bags of cannabis; she confessed to owning the drugs and blamed hardship.[1][2] Five others fell in the same sweep: Ali Garba, 57, with 5.85 kg in Ivbiaro on 15 October; Habib Braimoh, 45, with 100 g the same day; Musa Mubid, 35, with 2 kg of cannabis plus seeds, loud and pharmaceutical drugs in Warake; Ayo Aigberadion, 53, with 220.8 kg in Ewe/Irue on 16 October; and Hope Okoro, 35, with 237 g of loud in Auchi.[2] Commander Mitchell Ofoyeju warned that old age shields no trafficker from prosecution.[1][2]