A 93-year-old great grandfather, Friday Ahukanna Chigbu, has been arrested by NDLEA operatives in his home in Umuagbaigba, Amavo Nkwogu village, Osisioma local government area of Abia state on Tuesday 7th April 2026 for alleged drug trafficking.
According to Femi Babafemi, spokesperson of the agency, a search at his residence led to the recovery of 7.7 kilograms of skunk, a strain of cannabis. Babafemi mentioned that the suspect claimed he had worked as a truck pusher but later learnt painting and tiling before going into the illicit drug business over a year ago. He claimed he had been smoking skunk since 1959 before turning it into business.
Babafemi stated that efforts to unravel local collaborators of an international drug syndicate paid off following the arrest of an Ivorian, Gohouri Michael, 41, at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano with 82 wraps of cocaine weighing 1.49kg.
Michael Gohouri (also known as Anunwa Onyinye Michael) was arrested on Monday, February 16th during the outward clearance of passengers on Ethiopian Airlines flight ET940 to Milan, Malpensa via Addis Ababa.