According to the NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, Mbadiwe had sent his partner, Uzoekwe Ugochukwu James, to collect a shipment of 33 parcels of cannabis, weighing 17.30 kilograms, from a warehouse in Ajao estate, Ikeja. The cannabis had arrived at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport on December 24, 2024, from the United States, concealed in large wooden boxes.

 

In a separate incident, NDLEA operatives in Kwara state arrested two individuals, Khadijat Abdulraheem, a 24-year-old fresh graduate, and Ayomide Morakinyo, a 20-year-old student of the University of Ilorin, for producing and selling drug-laced cupcakes to students. A search of their apartment yielded 42 pieces of drugged cakes.