NDLEA intercepts N6.2bn worth of ‘Jihadi drug’ in Ghana soap

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, person intercepted consignments of captagon, popularly known arsenic the ‘Jihadi drug’, and millions of opioid pills worthy much than N6.2 cardinal astatine the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos.

The NDLEA Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, disclosed this successful a connection on Sunday.

Babafemi said the captagon consignment was seized astatine the Lagos airdrome connected Saturday, August 22, 2026, pursuing the apprehension of a 49-year-old cross-border cause kingpin, Akinbile Kazeem Aikins.

Aikins, who arrived from Accra, Ghana, aboard an African World Airlines flight, was arrested aft NDLEA operatives searched a carton containing section bathing soap, popularly known arsenic “Ghana Soap.”

The hunt led to the betterment of 47,200 pills of captagon concealed wrong blocks of soap, with an estimated thoroughfare worth of much than N1.5 billion.

Captagon, an illicit amphetamine-based drug, has been dubbed the “Jihadi drug” due to the fact that of its reported usage successful backing extremist activities successful struggle zones.

The NDLEA said the substance was archetypal intercepted successful Nigeria successful September 2021 astatine the Apapa Port successful Lagos.

Following his arrest, Aikins reportedly told investigators that helium was expected to present the consignment successful northern...