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National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has declared a Port Harcourt, Rivers state based mostly in style prophetess and founding father of Christ Energy Adoration Ministries, Religion Ugochi and a celeb couple: Igho Ubiribo and Danielle Simba Allen wished for recruiting teenage women into drug trafficking whereas they function the arrowheads of a global syndicate working from Los Angeles, USA.
The lid was blown off the cartel when NDLEA operatives on the NAHCO import shed of the Murtala Muhammed Worldwide Airport, Ikeja Lagos intercepted a consignment of 32.70 kilograms of Loud, a powerful variant of hashish hid in cartons of used wears on Wednesday sixteenth November 2022. A freight agent, Ukoh Ifeanyi Oguguo was instantly arrested whereas additional investigations led to the arrest of 4 extra suspects: Chikodi Favour; Obiyom Shalom Chiamaka; Nnochiri Chidinma Promise and Edward Omatseye (aka Montana).
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The 15-year-old Favour was the primary gross sales lady to be arrested at a gasoline station in Ajah space of Lagos. She thereafter led the operatives to a duplex lodging round Ikate space of Lekki, which was later found to be a rented condo by the felony group purposely for 4 younger women that the syndicate makes use of for advertising and marketing and distribution of illicit medication.
One other lady, Shalom who’s a contemporary graduate of Agricultural Science from Rivers State College of Science and Know-how was picked from the home alongside Favour.
Throughout their preliminary interviews, it was learnt that the syndicate rented one other constructing used as medication warehouse inside Richmond Property, Lekki. By the point operatives positioned the home, it was found that different members of the syndicate had damaged into the shop and carted away luggage of illicit substances.
Nonetheless, some illicit medication paraphernalia together with sealing machine, bloating machine and packaging luggage have been recovered from the warehouse.
A follow-up operation led to the arrest of Edward Omatseye at his residence round Lekki space. Edward confessed throughout interview to be working for Igho and his spouse, Danielle, who’re recognized as the general heads of the felony group.
Investigation was capable of set up that Favour and Shalom have been recruited as salesgirls within the illicit drug commerce by Prophetess Religion Ugochi of Christ Energy Adoration Ministries, utilizing her church platform to recruit teenage women dropped at her for assist, on behalf of the superstar couple: Igho Ubiribo (aka Tiny) and Danielle Simba Allen (aka Dani), who’re the homeowners of the enterprise, whereas Edward Omatseye (aka Montana) coordinates the illicit drug commerce actions for them in Nigeria, with Nnochiri Chidinma Promise as consultant of Ben Cargo Ltd, a freight firm liable for the cargo of illicit consignments into the nation.
Whereas Nnochiri Chidinma Promise and Edward Omatseye (aka Montana) have already been charged to court docket and are presently going through trial on the Federal Excessive Courtroom, Lagos alongside Ben Cargo Ltd, a freight firm which had been linked to 2 earlier drug seizures and in addition concerned within the present case, a number of makes an attempt to get Prophetess Religion Ugochi, Igho Ubiribo and Danielle Simba Allen submit themselves for questioning have proved abortive.
A a call for participation despatched to Prophetess Religion Ugochi of Christ Adoration Ministries, No. 27 Anozie Road, Mile 2, Diobu, Port Harcourt, Rivers State on twenty eighth November 2022 was acquired and acknowledged by her mom, with whom she runs the Church. The letter was adopted with a reminder on ninth January, 2023 after an extended wait.
In the identical vein, letters of invitation have been additionally prolonged to Igho Ubiribo and Danielle Simba Allen. A reminder was additionally despatched when the couple didn’t present any readiness to reply to the primary invitation. Whereas Prophetess Ugochi fled her dwelling and went into hiding however continued her prophetic ministration on Fb, the duo of Igho and Danielle initially despatched a authorized illustration to ask for an additional time to honour the invitation, they’ve since gone incommunicado.
Curiously, they hurriedly moved all funds traced to their firm Lasgidi Backwood Ltd the place all proceeds from the gross sales of illicit medication have been deposited into a personal account of 1 Victor Imagoro. The Company has since blocked the sum of Eighty Million Naira (N80,000,000) traced to the account and obtained a court docket order to grab all properties together with a gasoline station linked to the suspects in Lagos and Port Harcourt.
The NDLEA has additional sought and obtained an order of the Federal Excessive Courtroom Lagos to declare wished the superstar couple: Ubiribo Igho and Danielle Allen, because the arrowheads of the illicit commerce in addition to Prophetess Religion Ugochi, who recruits teenage women as gross sales representatives for the duo.
In the meantime, the Company in collaboration with different stakeholders together with the Customs Service on Friday thirty first March performed a joint examination of two containers marked TRHU 4758549 and TRHU 6936803 the place One Hundred and Forty-Three Million Eight Hundred Thousand (143,800,000 tablets) tablets of Tramadol 225mg have been found in 720 cartons weighing 10.3tons (10,386kgs). The opioid tablets, which have been combined with cartons of candy have been imported from India. The interception adopted credible intelligence and cooperation of sister companies.
In the identical vein, officers of the Directorate of Operations and Basic Investigations, DOGI, have intercepted at a courier agency a cargo of 1.5kg cocaine hid in a carton declared to include hair cream, shampoo, hair rollers and burners, going to London, UK.
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In Kaduna, operatives on Monday twenty seventh March raided Dan Wata village, Soba LGA the place they arrested one Abdurrashid Musa, 33, with 142.8kg hashish whereas the principal suspect, Ibro Danwata continues to be at giant, whereas one other suspect, Shamsu Abdullahi (aka Waja), 35, was additionally arrested the day prior to this throughout a observe up operation at Rigasa Kaduna, after he had deserted 80,000 tablets of Diazepam weighing 13.4kg and escaped arrest earlier.
At least 63 luggage of hashish sativa weighing 600kg saved in a home at Okpe village in Akoko-Edo LGA have been recovered on Friday thirty first March when operatives raided the realm, whereas a raid of a warehouse owned by one Shehi Mallam at tomatoes market, Dei Dei Abuja similar day led to the seizure of 80 sacks of hashish sativa weighing 842.4 kilograms. In Cross River, 12,000 tablets of Tramadol 225mg have been seized from a feminine passenger, Talatu Sale Adamu, 46, when NDLEA officers intercepted the business bus she was travelling in alongside Ogoja/ Katsina-Ala highway on Monday twenty seventh March.
Whereas a suspect, Abraham Alaigwu was arrested at Slaughter, Trans/Amadi space of Port Harcourt, Rivers state with 91.7kg of hashish on Thursday thirtieth March, 228kg of similar substance was seized from Ayodele Osuya, 35, in a Toyota Camry automobile round Quarter Guard space of Akure, Ondo state.
Whereas commending the officers and males of MMIA for a painstaking investigation of Prophetess Religion Ugochi and the superstar couple, Igho Ubiribo and Danielle Simba Allen together with different members of their cartel, Chairman/Chief Govt Officer of NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) assured that no effort will likely be spared to make sure the fleeing suspects are dropped at face the results of their motion.
He additionally expressed his gratitude to operatives of Apapa, DOGI, Edo, Cross River, Rivers, Kaduna, FCT and Ondo Instructions of the Company for his or her resilience, professionalism and glorious synergy with different safety companies of their areas of accountability. He charged them and their colleagues throughout the nation to proceed to lift the bar of their every day attainments.
