NDLEA NABS WANTED 65-YR-OLD ‘MAMA KEROSINE’ LINKED TO MAJOR ILLICIT DRUG SUPPLY IN OYO (PHOTOS)

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By: Sefiu Ajape

Intercepts Illicit Drugs, Detains 22 Indians Over Cocaine Shipment

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a 65-year-old grandmother, Fatima Ilori, allegedly linked to a major illicit drug distribution network in Ibadan, Oyo State.

Ilori, popularly known as Mama Kerosine, was apprehended in an intelligence-led operation after the seizure of 238.4kg of skunk, a strain of cannabis, traced to her. She was arrested alongside another female suspect, Olusanya Abosede, 35, at the Onireke/Elekuro area of Ibadan on Monday, December 29, 2025.

The development was disclosed in a statement signed by the Director of Media and Advocacy of the NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, and made available to the public on Sunday.

According to the statement, NDLEA operatives also intercepted quantities of illicit drugs, including Ketamine, Ecstasy and Tramadol pills, concealed in sachets of coffee mix and a book parcel destined for Zambia and the United Kingdom.

The statement noted that the seizures, made at a courier company in Lagos on December 24 and 29, 2025, coincided with the arrest of 22 Indian crew members of a merchant vessel, MV Aruna Hulya, in which 31.5 kilograms of cocaine were discovered at the GDNL terminal, Apapa Port, Lagos, on Friday, January 2, 2026.

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Those detained in connection with the cocaine found in hatch 3 of the ship, which originated from the Marshall Islands, include the vessel’s master, Sharma Shashi Bhushan, and 21 other crew members. They are Bharati Manoj Kumar, Bhalerao Nilesh Mukund, Nadar Anthony Macson David, Kolusu Srinivasa Rao, Sagar Gaurav, Francis Anto Beemas Nester, Jagdeep Singh, Jai Parkash, Prabhukhan Singh, Nevage Sandesh Suresh, Pandey Prashant, Nittu Anand, Akash Babu, Dasari Raju, Reddy Nandika Sanjeeba, Rana Nivesh, Melethil Insaf Rahman, Barla Chantanya Krishna, Ghosh Arijit, Mondal Raihan and Gangwar Shiv Om.

In Borno State, efforts to disrupt the supply chain of illicit drugs to insurgents led to the arrest of two suspects and the seizure of large quantities of illegal substances. One of the suspects, Isa Mohammed, 26, was arrested after NDLEA operatives intercepted 9,150 ampoules of Tramadol injection along the Maiduguri–Gamboru Ngala road on Friday, January 2, 2026. Another suspect, Musa Samaila, 30, was arrested the same day with 34,000 capsules of Tramadol at Biu market.

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In Lagos, not less than 400kg of skunk was recovered along with a van in the Mobolaji Johnson area on New Year’s Day, Thursday, January 1. Meanwhile, in Jigawa State, a suspect, Bilya Ibrahim, 39, was arrested at a motor park in Hadejia on Tuesday, December 30, 2025, while attempting to transport 260 compressed blocks of skunk weighing 140.8kg from Taraba State to Nguru, Yobe State.

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Similarly, in Kwara State, NDLEA officers on Tuesday, December 30, recovered 238.50kg of skunk from a suspect’s residence in the Asadam area of Ilorin. Another suspect, Abubakar Rabiu, 32, was arrested at Bode Saadu in Moro Local Government Area on New Year’s Eve, Wednesday, December 31, 2025, with 32,000 pills of tramadol and diazepam.

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Commending the operations, the Chairman of the NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (retd.), praised officers and men of the DOGI, Apapa, Oyo, Borno, Lagos, Kwara and Jigawa Commands for the arrests and seizures, urging them to intensify the agency’s drug control efforts nationwide.

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