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NDLEA Cracks Down on Fugitive Drug Lord After 17-Year Chase

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March 3, 2025
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NDLEA Cracks Down on Fugitive Drug Lord After 17-Year Chase
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…many Nigerian drug peddlers arrested abroad linked to him

Operatives the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested a wanted 59-year-old drug baron identified as Ogbonnaya Kevin Jeff, from Edda, Edda LGA, Ebonyi state, at his hideout in Ojo area of Lagos, after 17 years of hiding in the dark to ship illicit drugs worth billions of naira across the world. 

Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of NDLEA, Brig Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Rtd) who disclosed this at a press briefing in Abuja on Monday March 3rd, detailed how operatives of its Special Operations Unit had been on the trail of Ogbonnaya following an Interpol red notice against him and information from the National Intelligence Service of South Korea.

According to Marwa, “The major development that warranted this special briefing pertains to the arrest of a drug lord who’s wanted across the world as the leader of an international drug trafficking organisation. 

On Wednesday, 12th February 2025, we achieved that objective in the successful arrest of Ogbonnaya Kevin Jeff, a 59-year-old drug baron. The suspect was arrested at his hideout at No. 3, Ibukunoluwa Taiwo Close, off LASU Road, Lagos. He has been under NDLEA investigation before his arrest. As a result, we have comprehensive intelligence on his activities, and incontrovertible facts that he is a notorious drug lord who recruited young Nigerians as couriers to smuggle illicit substances into the Republic of Korea (South Korea).

Our records reveal that many Nigerians apprehended outside the country for drug-related offences were linked to him. Furthermore, we have established that he laundered drug proceeds through the importation of electronics and other goods. Following his arrest, a search of his residence led to the recovery of multiple Nigerian international passports belonging to different individuals, many of which contained Korean visas. Additionally, we recovered some illicit substances in a storehouse at the back of his house.”

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