NDLEA DISMANTLES ABUJA DRUG BUNKS, ARRESTS 132, RECOVERS 220KG ILLICIT SUBSTANCES. (PHOTOS). #PRESS RELEASE.
NDLEA dismantles Abuja drug bunks, arrests 132, recovers 220kg illicit substances -Marwa hails operation, vows to sustain crackdown in FCT, other states In a non-stop two-week offensive action against traffickers and dealers, operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have successfully dismantled several drug joints and bunks within and around the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja where a total of 132 suspects were arrested and 220 kilograms of assorted illicit substances recovered. The wel-coordinated raids jointly conducted by the Agency's Directorate of Operations and General Investigation (DOGI) and the FCT Strategic Command from llth to 25th April 2026 were launched to dismantle illicit drug hubs contributing to substance abuse, trafficking, and associated criminal activities in the capital city after weeks of intelligence and surveillance across all identified hotspots. Areas where notorious drug joints were raided, dismantled and suspects...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission today wednesday re-arrested the former governor of Imo Stat Achike Udenwa in connection with alleged campaign scadal at the last presidential election.Udenwa as a State Co-ordintor for The Presidential Campaign Organisation in Imo State was said to have collected the sum of N350,000,000 {Three Hundred and Fifty Million Naira Only} from the former senator representing Kaduna South and Director of Finance for the PDP presidential campaign organisation,Nenadi Usman.The suspect,in his statement to the Commission admitted receiving the money via Diamond Bank account No.0058805692 and 005950791 respectively on the 14th and 28th of January 2015 in three separate instalments.He added that the money came from a company named Joint Trust Dimension Limited.This same company was charged alongside Mrs Nenadi Usman and the Media Director of the PDP Presidential Campaign Organisation,Femi Fani Kayode before Federal High Court Lagoss on a similar allegation.Investigation however revealed that Achike Udenwa and one Viola Onwuliri,a former Minister of Foreign Affairs and State Minister for Education,who was his deputy at the Presidential Campaign Organization were the two signatories to the Diamond Bank account that received the money.Upon his arrest,Udenwa was immediately granted administrative bail by the commission with condition that he should be reporting to the commission at an appointed time.But while enjoying his administrative bail,Udenwa chose to deliberately skip reporting,thereby compelling the commission to revoke his adminstrative bail pending his arraignment soon.Achike Udenwa was a governor of Imo State under the flagship of People's Democratic Party between 1999 and 2007 and became a minister of Commerce and Industry between 2008 and 2010 under Goodluck Jonathan's administration.
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