Three arrested as NDLEA raids Ihama Road drug spot in Benin City
Edo State NDLEA officers raided the notorious drug spot on Ihama Road, GRA, Benin City, and arrested three suspects. One was caught with 3.17 grams of Cannabis Loud, while the other two were found with six cylinders of nitrous oxide.
🇳🇬 Ihama Road, GRA, Benin City, Edo State · Nigeria
Officers of the Edo State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency
raided the notorious drug spot at Ihama Road, GRA, Benin City.[1]Three
suspects were arrested in the raid.[1]Omoreghan Paul, 26 years old, was
caught with Cannabis Loud weighing 3.17 grams.[1]Omoruyi Osarobo of
Orhionmwon and Obed Osagie of Uhunmwonde were found in possession of six
cylinders of Nitrous Oxide.[1]
Ihama Road is a well-known red light district where young boys sell drugs openly
to motorists.[1]The busy area was empty on Wednesday and Thursday after a
stationed patrol team mounted 24-hour stop and search operations.[1]
Edo State Commander Mitchell Ofoyeju said the raid followed a directive by the
agency’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Brig Gen Mohamed Buba Marwa
(retd), to flush out drug peddlers and commercial sex workers providing cover
for illicit drug activities.[1]Ofoyeju said the operation would be
intensified and sustained and warned that drug traffickers and dealers had no
hiding place in the state.[1]Daily Trust reported the same raid and
identified the same three suspects.[2]Daily Trust also reported the recovery
of 3.17 grammes of Cannabis Loud and six cylinders of nitrous oxide.[2]
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The three suspects arrested in the NDLEA raid on the Ihama Road drug spot in Benin City. Photo: NDLEAPhoto details
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Source: Punch NewspapersOne of the three suspects arrested in the NDLEA raid on the Ihama Road drug spot in Benin City. Photo: NDLEAPhoto details
The reports give no separate date for the raid; the area was reported empty on Wednesday and Thursday, 11 and 12 November 2026, and the raid is dated to Wednesday 11 November.
Daily Trust's headline and lead say two suspects were arrested while its text names three; the report uses three.
Punch's lead describes the recovered substances as synthetic cannabis, while both accounts name Cannabis Loud, a cannabis strain; only the 3.17 grams of Cannabis Loud is counted as cannabis.
No weight was published for any cannabis held by the other two suspects.
No charges, court dates or convictions were reported for the three suspects.
Neither account says whether this raid is connected to the separate Ihama Road drug-joint arrests of three other suspects in the NDLEA roundup of 8 November 2026.
The reports do not say whether the six cylinders of nitrous oxide were the only other substances recovered in the raid.
NDLEA chairman Buba Marwa asked the Oba of Benin on 4 November 2026 to support the agency's Alternative Development Programme, which persuades cannabis growers to switch to cassava, yam and maize. The programme's Ondo State pilot began in January 2026, and the agency now plans to launch it in Edo State.
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.
