11 drug kingpins bag 254 years in prison as NDLEA secures 974 convictions in 3 months

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has secured the condemnation of 974 cause offenders nationwide wrong the archetypal 4th of 2026, including 11 large traffickers sentenced to a combined 254 years successful prison.

The bureau disclosed this successful a connection issued connected Friday by its Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, successful Abuja.
According to the statement, the convictions were recorded betwixt January and March, with 265 cases successful January, 316 successful February and 393 successful March.

Of the total, 899 were antheral portion 75 were female.

Among the high-profile convictions is an Italy-based businessman, Adegbite Solomon, besides known arsenic Obama, who was sentenced by the Federal High Court successful Lagos to a cumulative 130 years imprisonment aft being recovered blameworthy connected 15 counts bordering connected cause offences.

The tribunal ordered that the sentences tally concurrently and besides directed the forfeiture of his assets, including pharmacy outlets and funds successful aggregate slope accounts, to the Federal Government.

In a abstracted case, Ridwan Animashaun was sentenced to 25 years imprisonment by the Federal High Court successful Ibadan, Oyo State, for cause trafficking.

He had antecedently been convicted for a akin offence successful 2022.

Similarly, 2 different offenders, Rauf Asogba and Seun Olaniyi, were each handed 17-year jailhouse presumption by the ...