The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) recorded major breakthroughs in the last one week nationwide.
According to a statement issued by the Director of Media and Advocacy of the agency, Femi Babafemi, on Sunday, not less than 53,250 kilograms of skunk were destroyed on a 21.3 hectares of cannabis farm in Ilawe Ekiti, Ekiti State.
Also, seventy bags of the same psychoactive substance weighing 1,140kg were recovered by NDLEA operatives during an operation that lasted between October 12 and 13, 2025 in the town.
Suspects arrested included Matthew Emmanuel, 26; James Moses, 27; and Israel Samuel, 20.
This followed the destruction of 17,400kg skunk on 6.96 hectares of plantation by NDLEA operatives at Aponmu forest reserve, Akure, Ondo State on October 12, 2025.
In Oyo State, Aliyu Muhammed, 50; Babarinde Segun,32; Ogunbiyi Sanjo, 30; and Ajani Oluro, 30, were nabbed with 596kg skunk at Apata-Ako, Igboora, while Jacob Afolabi, 30, and Salako Oluwatobi, 25, were arrested with 273kg of same substance at Odo-Oyan, Igangan on October 16.
While Joseph Andrew was arrested in possession of 88kg skunk on October 15 by NDLEA operatives at Ona-Imeko, Ogun State, another suspect Festus Udoh, 42, was nabbed with 13,000 pills of opioids along Onitsha-Owerri Road, Imo State.
In the same vein, a total of 74.5kg skunk was recovered from the store of a suspect, Joseph Chukwujamaa, at Umuogbo-Agu village, Enugu State on October 18.
