Onyekachi Nwanagu, a reputed drug lord, and five members of his network were taken into custody by National Drug Law Enforcement Agency agents following an intelligence-led operation that discovered a sizable opioid warehouse in Lagos' Isolo neighborhood.  

The Special Operations Unit of the NDLEA conducted the raid between November 19 and 20 in response to information that the syndicate was getting ready to distribute more than 526,000 bottles of codeine syrup and more than 7.2 million tramadol pills in advance of the holiday season.  

Two suspects, Egbo Udalor and Chukwe Emmanuel, were initially detained on November 19 at Apple Junction, Festac, while allegedly transporting 300 cartons of opioids in a truck, according to a statement released on Wednesday by the agency's spokesperson, Femi Babafemi.

He said that Nwanagu and three other people—Nwoye Sunday Ali, Nnacho Ogochukwu, and Oraghalia Philip—were taken into custody following a follow-up raid at the group's warehouse the next day.

According to Babafemi, “Following credible intelligence that the drug trafficking organisation was about to distribute over 7.2 million pills of tramadol 225mg and 526,200 bottles (52.6 million ml) of codeine syrup warehoused in a residential compound located at 23 Sunny Billa East Street, Bucknor, Isheri area of Isolo, Lagos State, ahead of the Christmas festive season, two members of the DTO — Egbo Innocent Udalor and Chukwe Emmanuel — were trailed and arrested at Apple Junction, Festac, on Wednesday, 19th November, while conveying 300 cartons of opioids in a truck.

“A follow-up operation to the syndicate’s warehouse at Sunny Billa East Street, Bucknor, the following day, Thursday, 20th November, led to the arrest of Onyekachi Nwanagu and other members of his syndicate, including Nwoye Sunday Ali, Nnacho Ogochukwu, and Oraghalia Philip."

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