NDLEA Arrests 101-Year-Old Great-Grandmother For Alleged Drug Dealing

NDLEA operatives have arrested a 101-year-old great-grandmother, Esther Ogunmabo, for allegedly selling illicit drugs in Ilisan, Ogun State.

The agency says Ogunmabo was arrested on August 15 with 90 grammes of skunk, a strain of cannabis, which she reportedly admitted selling to people in the community.

NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, said the woman told investigators she turned to drug dealing after fire destroyed her provisions shop, while her daughter allegedly supplied the drugs from Lagos every four days.

Babafemi said NDLEA Chairman, Buba Marwa, directed that the centenarian be granted bail and given counselling because of her advanced age, while her daughter was arrested.

In a separate operation in Akwa Ibom, NDLEA operatives intercepted a wooden boat allegedly carrying illicit drugs to fishing settlements in Cameroon and arrested three suspects.

The agency said the suspects were found with more than 43 kilogrammes of skunk and 20 grammes of cocaine concealed inside cassava fufu.