Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have arrested a 46-year-old woman, Omolade Abigail Jolayemi, popularly known as “Iya Ghana,” for her alleged involvement in a drug distribution network operating between Nigeria and Ghana.
The arrest was disclosed in a statement on Sunday, March 29, 2026, by the agency’s spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, and forms part of ongoing operations to dismantle drug trafficking networks across the country, as seen on Nairametrics.
According to the agency, Jolayemi was apprehended during a raid carried out by a Special Operations Unit at her residence on Carter Street, Yaba.
“On Thursday 26th March raided the house of a female head of a notorious drug syndicate, 46-year-old Omolade Abigail Jolayemi at 13 Carter Street, Yaba, Lagos where they arrested her and her sales girl, Sarah Zainab Agbabiaka, 31. Omolade popularly known as Iya Ghana, trades in local fabric on the surface but beneath she runs a drug distribution network between Nigeria and Ghana,” the agency stated.
During the operation, officers recovered 135 blocks of “Ghana Loud,” a strain of cannabis, weighing 76.30 kilograms.
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The agency also reported multiple arrests and seizures in other parts of the country during the same period. In Lagos, operatives intercepted cocaine concealed in heads of imported dry fish, known locally as “Okporoko,” resulting in the arrest of 36-year-old Akputa Dickson Ejike and the recovery of 237 wraps of cocaine weighing 5.80 kilograms, intended for export to Delhi, India.
Another Lagos arrest involved Anayo Lucky Ohabiro at Doyin bus stop in Surulere, with 78 blocks of cannabis weighing 41 kilograms.
In Ekiti State, 80-year-old Oke Samuel was arrested at a drug camp along Erinmo Road in Efon-Alaaye, where officers recovered 2.2 kilograms of skunk and small quantities of methamphetamine.
In Ondo State, a raid at an uncompleted building in Ogbese, Akure North, led to the seizure of 894.72 kilograms of cannabis from Enuwa Kehinde Kingsley.
In Benue State, 35-year-old Saater Nyam was arrested at Pevi village in Guma LGA with 116.7 kilograms of skunk.
In Edo State, NDLEA officers uncovered a warehouse in Ekpoma, Esan West LGA, arresting 25-year-old Felix Donald and seizing 576.5 kilograms of cannabis and 33 bottles of codeine-based syrup.
In Taraba State, officers intercepted a truck carrying 100 blocks of compressed cannabis weighing 135 kilograms concealed in bags of animal feed, resulting in the arrest of Osama Mamuda and Auwal Umar.
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