Popular Nigerian comedian, Babatunde Omidina, has been released by the Nigerian Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) about an our ago as ordered by a Lagos High Court in Ikeja.

The comedian known as "Baba Suwe" walked out of NDLEA detention a free man after the agency unsuccessfully detained him for several weeks in search of narcotics it claimed was found in his system during an airport screening.

The case will remain one of the most embarrassing high profile case for the NDLEA as the agency did not retrieve any drug from Baba Suwe's bowel after 3 weeks of detention and series of public gaffes.

NDLEA spokesperson , Mitchel Ofoyeju, confirmed Baba Suwe's release to SaharaReporters. Ofoyeju also disclosed that the NDLEA did not find any narcotics in Baba Suwe's body as at the time of his release.

SaharaReporters could not reach Baba Suwe's lawyers to determine their likely next line of action on the matter.