Officers of Nigeria’s National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) trailed two trucks and a J5 bus loaded with jumbo bags of Ghanaian Loud, a potent strain of cannabis, and stopped them at Ojuelegba in Lagos in the early hours of Sunday 28 January 2024.[1][2][3] The three vehicles together held 14,524.8 kilogrammes of cannabis smuggled in from Ghana.[1][2][3]

Two drivers jumped from the moving vehicles as officers blocked them, while the third, 66-year-old Nasiru Ojomu, was arrested.[1][2][3] An NDLEA photograph of the arrest shows Ojomu beside the seized bags with a placard giving the place as Ojuelegba Bridge in Lagos and the date as 28 January 2024.[2] The agency said Ojomu worked for Suleiman Jimoh, a wanted Mushin-based drug baron also known as Temo, and that several earlier shipments worth billions of naira had been linked to Jimoh, who had gone into hiding as the manhunt continued.[1][2][3]

The seizure was announced in a statement by NDLEA spokesman Femi Babafemi on 4 February, and agency chairman Buba Marwa commended the Lagos command and other formations for the week’s arrests and seizures.[1][2]