China-based Nigerian businessman ,2 Angolans caught with 236 cocaine wraps at Kano ,Abuja Airports
.The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has apprehended Ibeanu Vincent Chukwudulue, a China-based Nigerian businessman, and two Angolan nationals, Mbandu Martins Makiadi and Ngoma Wilson Fernando, and recovered 236 wraps of cocaine from them at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja and Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport Kano.
The 34-year-old Ibeanu was arrested on Wednesday 4th February 2026 while on board a Qatar Airways flight 1432, from Kano to China enroute Abuja/Doha. Acting on credible intelligence, NDLEA operatives at the Abuja airport demanded that the suspect be deboarded following which he was taken for body scan. The result confirmed the suspect ingested illicit drug.
He was thereafter placed under observation during which he excreted a total of 52 pellets of cocaine that weighed 735.95 grams. In his statement, Ibeanu said he was into business on Lagos Island before relocating to Guanzhou, China in 2024.
The duo of Mbandu Martins Makiadi, 50, and Ngoma Wilson Fernando, 52, both Angolans were intercepted on Wednesday 4th February at the screening point of the departure hall of Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano during the outward clearance of passengers going to Istanbul, Turkey via Addis Ababa on Ethiopian Airlines flight ET940.
When they were taken for body scan, they tested positive for ingesting illicit drug. As a result, they were kept under observation for possible excretion. While Mbandu excreted a total of 76 wraps weighing 920 grams in seven excretions, Ngoma expelled 108 pellets that weighed 1.33 kilograms in five excretions.
During interview, the suspects who hail from Hoji Ya Henda in Luanda, the capital of Angola claimed they were recruited by a Luanda-based automobile spare parts dealer who promised to pay them $3000 each upon successful delivery of the consignments in Turkey
The NDLEA Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Rtd), in his reaction applauded the officers and men of various Commands for their professionalism in making arrests and seizures, and exhorted them and their colleagues across the nation to uphold the ongoing balanced efforts towards reducing drug supply and demand.
