Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested an automobile spare parts dealer Ejiofor Nnaemeka Chiwuzie, over attempt to export consignments of heroin and loud, a strain of cannabis, concealed in LED rechargeable lamps and sofa metal legs through the export shed of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA Ikeja Lagos.

Ejiofor was arrested on Tuesday 24th September 2024 at the Trade Fair complex, Ojo area of Lagos where he sells automobile spare parts following the seizure of his cargo containing auto parts, rechargeable lamps, sofa metal legs and electronics going to Liberia at the export shed of the Lagos airport.

A statement on Sunday from the agency’s spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, stated that 37 parcels of heroin weighing 1.10 kilograms and four blocks of loud with a total weight of 1.20kg were concealed inside the LED lamps and sofa legs.

“A swift follow up operation led to the arrest of two freight agents and then Ejiofor who sent the consignment,” Babafemi stated.

The Ogun State Police Command on Sunday confirmed that a 35-year-old zoo worker at Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library, Abeokuta, Babaji Daule, was on Saturday killed by a lion.

The spokesman for the state police command, Omolola Odutola, disclosed this in a statement sent to journalists on Sunday.

The Bauchi State-born lion handler was said to have forgotten to secure the locks and barricade the lion’s enclosure before approaching the cage to feed the animal.

This reportedly allowed the lion to escape and attack the handler, resulting in injuries to his neck and eventual death.

The victim’s body was said to have been removed and taken to the mortuary at Ijaye General Hospital, while the wild lion was shot to release its grip on the handler.

Details later…

The Police Command in Lagos State has summoned four policemen to explain their roles in the alleged extortion of N1 million from some members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC).

An X user, @YemieFash, shared the encounter on Thursday.

According to the post, the officers threatened the corps members before taking them to where they were “robbed.”

The netizen said alleged that failure of one of the corps members to submit a hard copy of his driver’s license sparked the extortion.

“Your officers today in Surulere extorted 1 million naira from 3 corps members. They were threatened with firearms, kidnapped, and taken to the KAFARU OLUWOLE TINUBU HOUSE AREA C POLICE COMMAND of the @LagosPoliceNG where they were robbed.

“Their offense was the absence of a physical copy of a driver’s license. This is evil!,” the post read.

Some videos were also shared alongside the post.

“What about your driver’s license?” one of the officers asked the driver in one of the clips.

The motorist replied: “I’m renewing it.”

The officer then demanded the renewal paperwork, which the driver could not provide in hard copy.

Following this, a man dressed in plain clothing was seen removing the vehicle’s number plate, sparking an argument.

Giving an update on Friday, Benjamin Hundeyin, spokesperson for the state command, said the officers had been summoned.

He added that their trial has begun.

“The men have been summoned and their trial has commenced. We urge the complainants to visit the Complaint Response Unit at the State Headquarters to testify at the ongoing trial,” Hundeyin wrote on X.