NDLEA arrests wanted 65-year-old in Ibadan with 238.4 kg skunk
NDLEA operatives arrested wanted 65-year-old Fatima Ilori, known as Mama Kerosine, with 35-year-old Olusanya Abosede in Ibadan on 29 December 2025. The intelligence-led arrest followed the seizure of 238.4 kg of skunk linked to Ilori.
🇳🇬 Onireke/Elekuro area, Ibadan, Oyo State · Nigeria
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agencyarrested wanted
65-year-old Fatima Ilori, popularly known as Mama Kerosine, described as a major
illicit drug distributor in Ibadan.[1]The agency described the 65-year-old
grandmother as a major illicit drug distributor in Ibadan, the Oyo State
capital.[2]She was arrested with 35-year-old Olusanya Abosede at the
Onireke/Elekuro area of Ibadan on 29 December 2025.[1]
The arrest was an intelligence-led operation that followed the seizure of 238.4
kg of skunk, a strain of cannabis, linked to Ilori.[1]The arrest was
disclosed in a press statement signed by Femi Babafemi, the NDLEA Director of
Media and Advocacy, made public on Sunday 4 January 2026.[1]
NDLEA Chairman Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa commended officers of the Oyo
Command among others for the arrests and seizures and urged them to intensify
the agency’s drug control efforts.[1]
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No charges, court proceedings or outcomes for Ilori and Abosede were reported.
The same NDLEA statement reports other seizures and arrests in Lagos, Borno, Kwara, Jigawa and at Apapa port; those are separate events left out of this report.
Nigeria's NDLEA in Edo State said its October 2026 operations arrested 75 suspected traffickers and seized 2,492.7 kg of cannabis, including 702.83 kg found in a car at Otuo. The command also said it destroyed eight cannabis farms covering 5.73 hectares.
NDLEA officers arrested three men at the Lankaviri checkpoint in Yorro, Taraba State, with 283 blocks of compressed cannabis weighing 226.255 kg. The suspects were held with separate consignments ranging from 47 to 156 blocks.
NDLEA operatives arrested a 32-year-old man at Marine Beach in Apapa, Lagos, on 6 November 2026 and found 6.07 kg of cannabis in a small store inside the sitting room of his apartment. The seizure was announced with opioids, tramadol, pregabalin and codeine recovered in the same search.
NDLEA operatives arrested a 53-year-old man at Osin Forest in Osin Ekiti, Ekiti State, on 5 November 2026 with 216 kilograms of cannabis and cannabis seeds. The agency announced the arrest in a roundup of raids across several states, also listing seizures in Lagos, Ondo, Edo, Delta and Taraba, issued on Sunday 8 November 2026.
