NDLEA Arrests Sulaiman Jimoh, Most Wanted Lagos Drug Baron

After years of evading arrest, NDLEA nabs   maximum  desired  Lagos drug baron, Temo

. Marwa commends   officials  for professionalism, urges them   to heighten  the warmth  on drug cartels

After   a few years  of   sporting  the toga of invincibility,   the general  head of the Mushin, Lagos drug cartel, 57-year-  vintage  Alhaji Sulaiman Jimoh (alias Olowoidiogede, populary   called  Temo), has been arrested   through  operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, at his enclave after an   preliminary  resistance from him and his horde of hoodlums.

In the   final    years, the NDLEA had intercepted   massive  consignments of illicit   tablets  really well worth  billions of naira owned   through  Temo   however  he has remained   in large part  evasive   whilst  some  encounters with him and his armed gangs in his Mushin enclave had   led to  gunfight.

Some of the   latest  seizures of his shipments include: a 14, 524.  eight  kilograms of Ghana Loud, a   robust  stress  of   hashish  sativa, smuggled into Lagos from Ghana in     vans  and a J5 bus intercepted at Ojuelegba   place  of Lagos   withinside the  early hours of Sunday   twenty eighth  January 2024;     truck-  hundreds  of the   identical  substance weighing   eight ,852kg intercepted at Eleko beach, Lekki Lagos on 4th May 2023 and 252kg of Loud seized from his enclave in Mushin on Wednesday   twenty sixth  July 2023. Indeed,   withinside the  final    encounters, his   guys  engaged NDLEA operatives in gunfight.

The drug kingpin   turned into  very   infamous  for   constantly  being   at the  circulate  to   steer clear of  arrest   however  with   endurance  and resolution  of the Agency aided   through  current  gear  and intelligence, the concerted   attempt  to get him paid off at 10am on Monday   twenty second  July 2024   whilst  NDLEA's surveillance   groups  on his   path  tracked and pinned him down at Igbarere street, Mushin. A reinforcement of   approximately  50 operatives   turned into  without delay  mobilized to the   place  whilst  he   turned into  trying to  get away  in a Mercedes Benz SUV GLE 350 marked 01G-300G. His   try to  get away  through  mobilizing hoodlums to   have interaction  and distract the operatives   but  failed   and then  he   turned into  overpowered and whisked   farfar from  the chaotic scene   whilst  his   guys  surrendered to the   advanced  firepower of the anti-narcotic   marketers  who   additionally  succeeded in   recuperating  the Mercedes Benz SUV the suspect   turned into  determined  in.

In his   response  to the arrest of Temo, Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Rtd)   recounseled  the   officials  and   guys  of the Lagos State Command, Special Monitoring Task Force and   different  formations tasked with the   mission  of having  Temo arrested   for his or her  resilience, vigilance, and professionalism. He   entreated  them   to heighten  the warmth  on all drug cartels   anyplace  they may be  located. "I'm   specifically  extremely joyful  due to the fact  the arrest   turned into  finally  effected in his enclave   with none  casualty   notwithstanding  the   assault  on our   guys . This is   consequently  a   clean  message to others   nonetheless  concerned  on this  crook  change  of illicit   tablets  that   in the event that they  don't   decide  out now, we'll get them   due to the fact  we're   simply  steps   farfar from  their doorsteps and   extra  importantly   they are able to  handiest  run,   they are able to 't   conceal  forever", Marwa stated.

Femi Babafemi
Director, Media & Advocacy
NDLEA Headquarters, Abuja
Wednesday   twenty fourth  July 2024

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