NDLEA Arrests Two Grandfathers For Selling Illicit Drugs To Secondary School Students

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has confirmed the arrest of an 84-year-old grandpa, Godfrey Orji and 75-year-old Godwin Obulunbiya Obiora over their alleged dealing in illicit substances which they sell to teenage secondary school students in Umuahia, Abia state capital.

This was disclosed in a statement released on Sunday by Femi Babafemi, the NDLEA Director of Media and Advocacy.

It was learnt that Pa Obiora was arrested on Friday, 19th June 2026 following credible intelligence that he was selling illicit substances to young students and others in his patent medicine store located at 4 Club road, Umuahia.

According to the anti-narcotics agency, 4.64 kilograms of opioids including tramadol and diazepam were recovered from him during a search of his premises.

“In his case, Pa Orji who is a pensioner and also into the illicit drug trade, was nabbed by security guards at Saint Silas Secondary School, Old Umuahia, for supplying illicit drugs to two teenage students (names withheld) in the school. The guards thereafter handed them over to the police who in turn transferred them to NDLEA on Thursday 18th June,” the statement partly read.

“In his statement, one of the two teenagers, a 15-year-old SS2 student claimed the 84-year-old grandpa supplies him the drugs which he takes and also sells to fellow students. While the two grandpas are billed to have their day in court, the students have been placed on counselling and rehabilitation.”

“Meanwhile, NDLEA operatives have intercepted a consignment of ADB Chminaca, a synthetic cannabinoid classified as a dangerous new psychoactive substance (NPS), at a courier firm in Lagos. The shipment coming from China with a gross weight of 9.5 kilograms was concealed in a carton. This was followed by another seizure on Tuesday 16th June at a different logistics company in Lagos where 300grams of Loud, a strong strain of cannabis was found hidden in ladies’ handbags.

“In another interdiction operation in Lagos, NDLEA officers on Friday 19th June raided the home of a wanted drug dealer Lukman Badmus (a.k.a. Lukman Ogombo) in Ogombo area of Ajah where nine bottles of codeine syrup and 30 grams of skunk were recovered,” the statement added.