The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA has announced the arrest of a drug kingpin, Ngene Emmanuel Onyedikachi, in Lagos with hard drugs of various forms.

This was made known to the public via a statement on the agency’s website and signed by its Director, Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, on Sunday, September 3, 2023.

The fake couple, Ilonzeh Kingsley Onyebuchi and Ilonzeh Roseline Nonyelum, were arrested by men of the NDLEA for ingesting 184 wraps of cocaine weighing 3.322 kilograms with 100grams of the drug also concealed in the woman’s vagina.

Onyedikachi was arrested at his Akoka, Yaba residence by Officers of the NDLEA on Friday night.

Femi Babafemi said, “NDLEA operatives on Friday 25th August succeeded in arresting a drug kingpin, Ngene Emmanuel Onyedikachi, who recruited the fake couple, Ilonzeh Kingsley Onyebuchi and Ilonzeh Roseline Nonyelum arrested for ingesting 1.822kg and 1.50kg of Cocaine respectively at the Lagos airport on 1st August while on their way to India. The kingpin was picked at his residence located at 28 Afolabi Brown Street, Akoka, Yaba, after intensive surveillance that lasted 25 days.”

He said that ”the suspect confessed that the fake couple were introduced to him by another member of his syndicate.

Onyedikachi stated that he had fled India for Nigeria in 2022 after his identity was blown to the Indian authorities.”

“During his interview, Onyedikachi confessed that the two suspects: Ilonzeh Kingsley Onyebuchi and Ilonzeh Roseline Nonyelum were introduced to him by another member of his syndicate, whom he claimed he met at Zion Church in the Cele area of Lagos. He explained that the drug was sourced from Guinea Conakry.