The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a former Vice Chairman of Lagos Island East local Council Development Area, LCDA, Asekun Kehinde Sakiru, with cocaine, with N145 million retrieved from him and his associate.

He was arrested at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja, Lagos, according to a statement issued by NDLEA’s spokesman, Femi Babafemi on Wednesday.

The NDLEA said Asekun has been on the wanted list of the Agency following the recent arrest of some traffickers and drug seizures linked to him.

“The long arm of the law however caught up with the wanted baron at about 9.40pm on Friday 7th May, 2021 while trying to board a Virgin Atlantic airline flight to London, United Kingdom at the Lagos airport.

“At the point of his arrest, Asekun was caught with a kilogram of cocaine concealed in five pairs of palm slippers packed inside his suitcase. He has been on the wanted list of the MMIA Command of the Agency in connection to a case involving one Azeez Adeniyi Ibrahim who was arrested with 6.45kg of cocaine in December, 2020.

“During preliminary investigation, it was gathered that the London based baron is a seasoned politician,” the statement said.

According to NDLEA, he was at different times between 2004 and 2014 the vice chairman of Lagos Island East LCDA.

He had also contested and lost elections for House of Representatives in 2007 and Lagos State House of Assembly in 2015.

“Although, he claims to be an international businessman who deals in automobiles, investigation is yet to confirm that to be the source of his acquired wealth.

“In the course of tracking him, the sum of N131million was seized from his account and another N14 million also blocked in the account of one of his traffickers, Azeez Adeniyi Ibrahim, bringing the total sum so far recovered from him to N145 million,” NDLEA stated.

While commending the officers and men of the MMIA Command of the Agency for resilience and dedication to duty, Chairman/Chief Executive of NDLEA, Brig. General Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) said with the support of all stakeholders, the problem of drug trafficking and abuse in Nigeria will be drastically reduced very soon.

“This arrest is yet another message and red alert to those still in this criminal trade whether as barons or traffickers that they will soon enter the dragnet of the Agency, daily being spread across the country, if they fail to back out especially now that we are moving all out for the barons and the big cartels while we continue to reign in the traffickers”, Gen. Marwa warned in his reaction on Wednesday.

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Omihanifa:
A former vice-chairman of Lagos-Island East Council Development Area, Asekun Kehinde Sakiru, has been apprehended by operatives of the Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for drug trafficking.

This is according to a statement issued by the NDLEA on Wednesday and signed by its spokesman Femi Babafemi.

The statement disclosed that Mr Asekun was on May 7, at about 9:40 p.m., intercepted at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos while trying to take a Virgin Atlantic flight to London, UK.

The agency also revealed that “Asekun had been on the wanted list of the MMIA Command of the Agency in connection to a case involving one Azeez Adeniyi Ibrahim who was arrested with 6.45kg of cocaine in December 2020.”

It stated further that: “At the point of his arrest, Asekun was caught with a kilogramme of cocaine concealed in five pairs of palm slippers packed inside his suitcase.”

Mr Asekun was a London based baron and a politician who “was at different times between 2004 and 2014 the vice-chairman of Lagos Island East LCDA. He had also contested and lost elections for house of representatives in 2007 and Lagos state house of assembly in 2015.”

Before then, Mr Asekun was in 2011 a member of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) when he coordinated security for the LCDA elections in Lagos.

The suspect claims to be an international automobile dealer in his statement to the anti-drug trafficking organisation. The agency however said it was yet to verify his source of wealth from its investigation so far, it further added that, “in the course of tracking him, the sum of N131 million was seized from his account, and another N14 million also blocked in the account of one of his traffickers, Azeez Adeniyi Ibrahim, bringing the total sum so far recovered from him to N145 million.”


Chairman of the agency, Buba Marwa, while commending its officers reiterated the agency’s commitment in the fight against drug trafficking in the country.

NDLEA has ramped up his bust up of drug markets and cartels since the appointment of Mr Marwa in January. The agency has also made outlandish announcements of drug interception amid arrests.

“This arrest is yet another message and red alert to those still in this criminal trade, whether as barons or traffickers, that they will soon enter the dragnet of the Agency, daily being spread across the country, if they fail to back out especially now that we are moving all out for the barons and the big cartels while we continue to rein in the traffickers,” the NDLEA boss warned.


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Wow!!! This awesome job Gen. Marwa(rtd) is doing with NDLEA is pleasantly patriotic and I think Mr Asekun didn't get the memo that a new Sheriff is in town. This is really disappointing. He should thank God and his constituency for not making him a House of Reps member, it would have been far worse when the judge is sentencing him ,just like the case of Joshua Dariye, Ex-IGP Alhaji Tarfa Balogun who was handcuffed and dragged on the floor on a national Tv or the late Hon. Maurice Ibekwe who even while dying, was handcuffed to his wheelchair despite being a serving legislator.
I am sure the news would have gone round all the agbole on the Island and I hope others will learn that truly crime does not pay.
This is a lesson that crime does not pay in the long run. This is a much better report by Gazette and I hope the news platform will get better.
All the enemies of Nigeria will lose las las. God bless Nigeria.

131 Mila in Ur Acc and u still dey do whitish stuff transportation .Dey should connect him Indonesian plane route

HOLLY GRAM. REAL NIGGA . SECURE D BANK..

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