A three-year manhunt for a notorious drug kingpin, 36-year-old Sunday Ibigide, has culminated in his arrest by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Asaba, Delta state, as he attempted to move 250 blocks of skunk weighing 138 kilograms using his distribution bus.
Ibigide came under investigation on 19th March 2022 in connection with the seizure of 24.137kg of the same psychoactive substance and 10grams of molly, but thereafter went underground. However, following credible intelligence, NDLEA operatives in Delta state were able to arrest him along with one of his aides, Clement Osuya, 27, while they were attempting to move 250 parcels of skunk for distribution on Sunday 10th August 2025
In a related development, a joint operation by NDLEA, Customs Service, and other security agencies at the Port Harcourt Ports Complex, Onne, Rivers state, resulted in the seizure of 875,000 bottles of codeine based syrup valued at over N6.1billion and 3, 500,000 pills of trodol benzhexol worth N1.7billion from five containers on Wednesday 13th and Thursday 14th August at the West Africa Container Terminal (WACT) of the Onne port.
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Rtd), praised his officers and men of various Commands for the arrests and seizures, and urged them and their colleagues across the country to continue with the ongoing balanced approach to the Agency’s drug control efforts.
