Drug lord Apprehended In Ondo

Henry Chukwuneku Okamaru, otherwise known as Lawrence Ik Okamaru, who is wanted for the 2,000.6kg cannabis sativa seized in a concrete mixer truck in Adamawa State on December 2, 2021, has been apprehended in Ondo State after five months of manhunt by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). THE GUARDIAN reports.

In a statement presented by Femi Babafemi, Director, Media & Advocacy NDLEA Headquarters in Abuja, two suspects, Matthew Donuwe and Friday Nmborgwu, were arrested in connection to the consignment last December. Information Guide Nigeria

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“They had confessed that the concrete mixer truck with Lagos registration number SMK 890 XB was loaded with the illicit drug in Ogbese, Ondo State, while they travelled for two months on the road before arriving Adamawa where they were eventually arrested by NDLEA operatives,” the statement said. jamb results

Investigations disclosed that Okamaru is one of the leaders of a cannabis cultivation group that operates in the Ondo-Ekiti axis, while he shuttles between Osun, Ondo, Ekiti, Edo, and Delta states from where he coordinates supplies of illicit consignments to Northern parts of the country and Lagos State.

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“The drug lord has also been identified as a member of an international drug trafficking ring, while he shuttles between Nigeria and South Africa where he settles his family,” Babafemi said in the statement. “He has a strong control and stake in cannabis cultivation in Ondo, Edo, Ekiti, Osun, and Oyo states with large storage facilities in Lagos and Abbi in Delta State from where his consignments are distributed year round.”

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