NDLEA DISMANTLES ABUJA DRUG BUNKS, ARRESTS 132, RECOVERS 220KG ILLICIT SUBSTANCES. (PHOTOS). #PRESS RELEASE.

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 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...

EFCC ARRAIGNS MAN FOR CREDIT CARD FRAUD IN LAGOS.{PHOTO}.#PRESS RELEASE.

The Lagos Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on July 19, 2021 arraigned one Ahmed Soetan Adebola before Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos.


He was arraigned on a six-count charge bordering on possession of document containing false pretence contrary to Section 318 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.


One of the counts reads: "Ahmed Soetan Adebola sometime between 2019 and December 2020 in Lagos within the Ikeja Judicial Division of this Honourable Court retained in your control several Credit Cards titled, "DELTA SKYMILES" AMERICAN EXPRESS which you used in making payments for your hotel bills, which Credit Cards you knew to have been obtained from unsuspecting members of the public."


Another count reads: "Ahmed Soetan Adebola on or about 16th day of December, 2020 in Lagos within the Ikeja Judicial Division of this Honourable Court with intent to defraud had in your possession document titled "MANAGER'S CHEQUE" NO: 3052643382 dated 23-12-2020 drawn in favour of ANCHORAGE LEISURES LIMITED (RADISSON BLU) in the sum of N1,200,000 (One Million Two Hundred Thousand Naira) in order to deceive unsuspecting members of the public, which representation you knew to be false."


He pleaded "not guilty" to the charges. 


Subsequently, the prosecuting counsel, Ebareotu Pereagbe, prayed the Court for a trial date "to enable the prosecution prove its case against the defendant".


Adjourning till October 18 and 19, 2021 for trial, Justice Dada further ruled on the bail application of the defendant which was before the Court and granted him bail in the sum of N500,000 with one surety in like sum, who must have landed property in Ikeja and must show evidence of tax payment in past three years.

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