.The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has apprehended Gohouri Michael, a 41-year-old Ivorian, with 82 wraps of cocaine weighing 1.49kg at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport in Kano, as part of its efforts to uncover local accomplices of an international drug cartel. Subsequently, in a follow-up operation in Ogun State, the agency arrested Dr. Chudi Daniel Ofomata, a 69-year-old medical doctor.
Michael Gohouri (also known as Anunwa Onyinye Michael) was arrested on Monday 16th February 2026 during the outward clearance of passengers on Ethiopian Airlines flight ET940 to Milan, Malpensa via Addis Ababa.
Gohouri had arrived Lagos from Milan, Italy on 17th January, 2026 and was shuttling from Lagos to Enugu for three weeks. He later travelled to Kano where he stayed for a week before ingesting the cocaine consignment in his hotel room. He’s expected to be paid 5,000 Euros when he delivers the drugs in Milan.
Further investigation by NDLEA revealed that Gohouri had a shadowy figure behind the scene, giving him instructions on how to move the cocaine consignment through the airport. The hidden figure behind Gohouri was eventually discovered to be Dr. Chudi Daniel Ofomata who was later tracked and traced to his residence at Teachers’ Land estate, Magboro, Obafemi Owode LGA, Ogun state where he was arrested on 27th March 2026 and flown to Kano on Tuesday 7th April. Recovered from him at the point of his arrest include 63grams of promazepam and 7 ampoules of promethazine injection.
In another incident, NDLEA operatives arrested three suspects, namely Azeez Sanni, Olayinka Oke, and Adekunle Adeyemi, with 34 kilograms of skunk at Sango Under bridge, Sango Ota, Ogun state, on Tuesday, 7th April. Separately, 56.2kg of the substance was recovered from Ayoka Akinwale, 26, a female suspect, along Onitsha-Owerri road, Owerri, Imo state, on Saturday, 11th April.
The Chairman/CEO of NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Rtd), commended the officers and men of various Commands of the Agency for their notable arrests and seizures over the past week, while also applauding their counterparts nationwide for maintaining an equilibrium between drug supply reduction and drug demand reduction initiatives.
Credit: NDLEA
