NDLEA raid on Lagos nightclub Proxy nets owner and 384.9 kg of Loud
NDLEA operatives raided Proxy Nightclub on Victoria Island, Lagos, in the early hours of 26 October 2025 and detained over 100 people, including club owner Pretty Mike. The agency said it seized 384.882 kg of Canadian Loud, a cannabis strain, and other substances from the club's store and later filed a forfeiture suit; guests were released and the club owner and his manager held.
🇳🇬 Proxy Nightclub, 7 Akin Adesola Street, Victoria Island, Lagos · Nigeria
NDLEA operatives raided Proxy Nightclub at 7 Akin Adesola Street, Victoria
Island, Lagos, in the early hours of Sunday 26 October 2025, disrupting a party
the agency called a drug party.[1]Over 100 people were detained for
screening, including the club owner Mike Eze Nwalie Nwogu, known as Pretty Mike,
and his manager Joachin Millary.[2]The agency said undercover operatives had
been embedded in the party from about 11pm on Saturday 25 October and moved in
at about 3am on Sunday.[3]
The NDLEA’s own roundup said cartons of Loud and laughing gas were recovered
from guests at the party and from the club’s store.[4]The agency later put
the haul at 384.882 kilograms of Canadian Loud, a strong cannabis strain, and
other substances from the club’s store.[2]The agency also announced a
forfeiture suit against the club in the Lagos court.[5]It said those held
would face charges including conspiracy, possession of narcotics and permitting
the premises to be used for drug activity.[6]
The NDLEA said all attendees initially arrested were profiled, counselled and
released within hours, while Pretty Mike and his manager remained in custody.[2]The agency later said guests had been invited by flyers, and warned that
clubs and hotels hosting drug parties risk forfeiting their properties to the
federal government.[2]
Photos and video
NDLEA handout photo published with the report of the 26 October 2025 Proxy Nightclub raid, captioned by Punch as ''Pretty Mike| Credit : NDLEA''. Photo: NDLEAPhoto details
The NDLEA's 26 October roundup said only cartons of Loud were seized without a weight; the 384.882 kilograms figure and the manager's arrest come from the agency's 28 October statement.
Later accounts give different weights: TheNigeriaLawyer reported 384.886 kilograms and a January 2026 court report referred to 384.662 kg of nitrous oxide and 200 g of cannabis, so the report uses the NDLEA's own 384.882 kilograms.
The weight is described as Canadian Loud and other substances from the club's store, without a breakdown between substances, so the whole amount may not be cannabis.
The agency says those detained were released within hours, but the number released is given only as 'over 100' rather than a precise count.
No court outcome of the forfeiture case or of the criminal charges against Pretty Mike and his manager was reported in the sources read.
Media: the Guardian page's photos illustrate its cocaine headline story rather than the club raid, and the nightclub photos on other pages carry no caption confirming what they show, so only the NDLEA handout published by Punch is linked.
Left out case stage, as its quotation was not found in TheNigeriaLawyer.
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NDLEA officers raided Tashan Banke in Kano State and arrested seven suspects including Faisal Adamu, seizing 178.85 kg of cannabis. The agency announced the raid on 1 November 2026 as part of a nationwide roundup; weights for other tablets found were not given.
Delta police arrested Chibuike Ezeji and Ikenna Emeka in Umunede on 30 October 2026 after a resident reported an alleged pistol threat. A search recovered firearms, ammunition and substances suspected to be cannabis and methamphetamine, but police gave no amount for the suspected drugs.
NDLEA operatives raided cannabis farms in Ijare forest, Ondo State, on 25 October 2026 and arrested four men, three of them named as Bassey Okon, 24, Abraham Edet, 20, and Oto Udo, 24. Officers recovered 16 bags of processed cannabis weighing 180 kg; the agency reported no plant count, farm area or value for the seizure.
