NDLEA raids Ijare forest cannabis farms, arrests four and seizes 180 kg
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.
NDLEA operatives raided cannabis farms in Ijare forest, Ondo State, on Sunday 25
October 2026.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15]Four suspects were arrested during the raid, among them
Bassey Okon, 24, Abraham Edet, 20, and Oto Udo, 24.[1][4][16][9]A fourth suspect was
held but not named.[17]Officers recovered 16 bags of processed cannabis
weighing 180 kg from the farms, the agency said.[17][18][2][3][5][4][19][20][21][6][7][8][9][10][11]The agency reported no
plant count, no farm area and no value for the 180 kg.[1]
NDLEA said the raid followed credible intelligence.[17]The agency announced
the raid in a statement issued by its spokesperson, Femi Babafemi.[1]The
statement was published on 1 November 2026, a week after the raid.[17]It
reported drug seizures and arrests across Kano, Kaduna, Ondo, Edo and Sokoto
states in the same week.[1]NDLEA chairman Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Rtd)
commended the officers of its Ondo command among those credited with the week’s
arrests and seizures.[17]
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No count of the plants growing on the farms, no area for the farms and no value for the 180 kg were published.
No charge against the four arrested men was reported.
Neither source names the fourth suspect.
Both accounts rest on the same NDLEA statement issued by spokesperson Femi Babafemi; no independent report of the Ijare raid was found.
Ijare forest is not mapped separately; the coordinates mark Ijare town in Ifedore, Ondo State.
The same roundup reports separate cannabis operations in Kano, Edo and Sokoto states, which belong to other reports.
The Vanguard page is a seven-state NDLEA roundup; its Lagos, Kano, Kaduna, Sokoto, Oyo and Edo components belong to other reports and are left out here.
The fourth arrested suspect was not named.
No plant count or hectare figure for the Ijare farms was published.
No charges or court outcome for the four suspects were reported.
The forest location was not mapped; no coordinates are given.
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 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.
