The Lagos State command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has reportedly rejected a bribe of ₦10 million that was offered to secure the release of one Tsolaye Eburajolo.
The event was recorded recently even as the agency seized 26,250,000 tramadol pills and 508,400 bottles of codeine-based syrup valued at ₦16,683,800,000 from a drug dealer.
These items were intercepted during a thorough joint examination of watch-listed containers conducted in collaboration with personnel from the Customs Service and other security agencies at Tincan Port in Lagos and Port Harcourt Port, Onne, Rivers State, on October 22 and 23.
Eburajolo, a 40-year-old individual, was apprehended in the Ago Palace area of Okota, Lagos, in connection with the drugs seized by the officials.
A statement released on Sunday by the agency’s spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, indicated that the bribe offered for Eburajolo’s release had been included among the evidence collected from him.
The statement further detailed that additional illicit shipments intercepted during the joint inspection included 10 million tablets of Toradol Benzhexol and 28 plastic drums of methamphetamine weighing 700 kg at Tincan and Onne, respectively.
Furthermore, 56 parcels of Loud, a synthetic strain of cannabis weighing 28 kg, were also recovered from a container that had arrived at the Lagos Port from Canada.
“A suspect, Tsolaye Eburajolo, 40, was arrested in the Ago Palace area of Okota, Lagos, in connection with the cannabis seizure, while a bribe of N10 million offered to NDLEA officers to free the suspect has been kept as part of the exhibits for the prosecution of the case,” the statement noted.
According to Babafemi, the agency also recovered no fewer than 293 ampoules of promethazine and pentazocine injection, as well as 1.690 kg of cannabis and tramadol tablets concealed in hair attachments and the soles of shoes being sent to the United States, United Kingdom, and Oman at three courier firms.
“A total of 2,118 pills of tramadol concealed in the soles of 13 pairs of shoes destined for Cyprus were seized at the export shed of the Lagos airport on 12th October 2024, and an additional 380 tablets were recovered from the home of the sender, Okenwa Kelvin Uchenna, during a follow-up operation in Enugu on Thursday, 24th October,” he added.
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