The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) and Federal Fire Service (FFS) have recorded significant operational and institutional achievements in the first half of 2026, reinforcing the Federal Government’s intensified efforts to combat corruption, dismantle organised criminal networks, enhance public safety and strengthen emergency response across the country.
The achievements were presented during a Joint Security Press Briefing held in Abuja, where spokespersons of the nation’s security, law enforcement and public safety agencies outlined their operational scorecards, highlighting major breakthroughs in anti-corruption enforcement, drug control, road safety and emergency management.
Presenting the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s report, the Commission’s spokesperson, Dele Oyewale, disclosed that the EFCC secured 915 convictions in economic and financial crime cases between January and April 2026, marking one of the agency’s most successful prosecution periods in recent years.
He said the convictions included four high-profile public officials: former Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of NEXIM Bank, Mr Robert Orya; former Senator representing Akwa Ibom North-East Senatorial District, Mr Albert Bassey; former Acting Accountant-General of the Federation, Mr Chukwunyere Anamekwe Nwabuoku; and former Minister of Power, Mr Saleh Mamman.
According to Oyewale, the convictions underscore the Commission’s unwavering commitment to promoting accountability, combating corruption and ensuring that individuals who abuse public trust are held accountable irrespective of their status.
He noted that the achievements reflect the Federal Government’s sustained resolve to strengthen transparency, uphold the rule of law and intensify the fight against economic and financial crimes nationwide.
Also presenting the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency’s operational report, the Agency’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, announced that NDLEA dismantled Nigeria’s largest clandestine methamphetamine laboratory, arrested 9,769 suspects and secured 1,778 convictions, including 65 drug kingpins, between January and May 2026.
He disclosed that operatives carried out 1,106 operations nationwide, dismantled 144 criminal gangs and seized more than 517 tonnes of narcotic drugs without recording a single casualty among security personnel.
Babafemi explained that the Agency’s most significant operation occurred on May 16 when elite operatives simultaneously raided locations in Ogun and Lagos States, dismantling a transnational methamphetamine cartel jointly operated by Nigerian traffickers and Mexican chemical specialists.
According to him, the operation led to the arrest of 10 cartel members, including the alleged kingpin, Anochili Innocent, and three Mexican methamphetamine experts. Operatives recovered 2,419.48 kilograms of precursor chemicals, industrial solvents and finished methamphetamine valued at approximately $362.9 million, estimated at about ₦480 billion, making it the largest single drug seizure ever recorded in Nigeria by value.
He further disclosed that NDLEA intercepted 4,173.5 kilograms of high-potency cannabis concealed inside imported vehicles at Tin Can Island Port following a joint operation with the UK Home Office, the United States Drug Enforcement Administration and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
The Agency also uncovered warehouses in Lagos containing nearly 4.3 million bottles and tablets of controlled opioids valued at ₦16.9 billion, dismantled an international money laundering network linked to global drug trafficking, seized 2,326 kilograms of imported Canadian Loud cannabis worth over ₦5.8 billion and intercepted more than 1.8 million tablets of Tapentadol valued at ₦2.19 billion at the Lagos airport.
Babafemi added that several notorious drug traffickers were arrested during the period, including a fugitive wanted for the murder of three NDLEA officers after a 12-year manhunt, a Brazilian national intercepted with over 30 kilograms of heroin at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, and operators of transnational drug trafficking syndicates across the country.
Beyond enforcement operations, he said the Agency counselled and rehabilitated 6,533 drug users, conducted 2,252 War Against Drug Abuse sensitisation campaigns reaching about 770,000 Nigerians, and launched an Alternative Development Pilot Project with the support of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime to provide sustainable livelihoods for communities previously dependent on illicit crop cultivation.
Presenting the Federal Fire Service’s report, the Controller General of Fire, Olumode Samuel Adeyemi, said the Service recorded remarkable operational and institutional progress during the first quarter of 2026.
He disclosed that the Service promoted 2,620 officers and recruited over 700 cadet firefighters, the largest recruitment exercise in its history, while strengthening personnel capacity through specialised training programmes in emergency management, intelligence, public sector accounting and inter-agency collaboration.
According to him, the Service rehabilitated more than 40 fire appliances and utility vehicles nationwide, inaugurated Fire Safety Sub-Task Forces in all State Commands and expanded strategic partnerships with NEXIM Bank, ASR Africa, the Nigeria Atomic Energy Commission, Renaissance Africa Energy Company, the World Bank and other stakeholders to improve fire safety and disaster preparedness.
Adeyemi added that the Service carried out tactical fire and rescue drills, free medical outreaches, cervical cancer screening for female officers and nationwide public enlightenment campaigns, while construction of the National Fire Academy in Sheda progressed significantly.
Operationally, he said the Federal Fire Service responded to 491 fire incidents nationwide, saving 1,725 lives and properties valued at over ₦305 billion, while recording only eight fatalities during the period.
Also presenting the Federal Road Safety Corps’ operational report, the Corps Public Education Officer, Deputy Corps Commander Ohaeri Osondu, announced that FRSC recorded a 25.65 per cent reduction in road traffic crashes and a 25.35 per cent decline in traffic-related injuries between January and May 2026 compared to the corresponding period in 2025.
He disclosed that the Corps documented 2,214 road traffic crashes involving 4,165 vehicles, with 1,181 fatalities and 7,809 injured persons, while more than 7,300 persons involved in the crashes escaped unhurt.
According to him, FRSC operatives arrested 279,414 traffic offenders and booked 308,816 traffic offences during the period, while producing 470,010 vehicle number plates and registering 232,476 vehicles nationwide.
The Corps also recovered 12 stolen vehicles comprising eight cars, two Sport Utility Vehicles, one tricycle and one bus in support of national security and anti-crime operations.
Osondu disclosed that the Corps identified mix-loading and the use of fake diplomatic number plates as emerging security threats and consequently launched Operation Guduma, a nationwide enforcement exercise conducted across eleven strategic corridors.
He said the operation resulted in 1,686 arrests, comprising 683 offenders for mix-loading violations and 1,003 for offences involving fake diplomatic number plates.
The Corps spokesman further stated that FRSC sustained nationwide public enlightenment campaigns on safer road use, strengthened stakeholder engagement with traditional and religious leaders, and processed 72 vehicle investigation requests from the Nigeria Police Force, INTERPOL, EFCC, NDLEA and other law enforcement agencies to support criminal investigations and vehicle tracing.
The agencies reaffirmed their commitment to sustaining inter-agency collaboration, strengthening intelligence-driven operations and enhancing public engagement as part of ongoing efforts to combat corruption, organised crime, drug trafficking and road fatalities while protecting lives, property and critical national assets across the country.
