Drug Lord, Okamaru Arrested in Ondo

Tons of Tramadol, cannabis seized in Edo, Kaduna, Kogi, A/Ibom, Oyo

Henry Chukwuneku Okamaru who is popularly known as Lawrence Ik Okamaru as been wanted for the 2,000.6kg cannabis sativa seized in a concrete mixer truck in Adamawa State on December 2, 2021, has finally been arrested in Ondo State after five months of running away from operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).

According to a statement issued by Femi Babafemi, Director, Media & Advocacy NDLEA Headquarters in Abuja, two suspects, Matthew Donuwe and Friday Nmborgwu, were arrested in connection to the consignment last December.

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“They had confessed that the concrete mixer truck with Lagos registration number SMK 890 XB was loaded with the illicit drug in Ogbese, Ondo State, while they travelled for two months on the road before arriving Adamawa where they were eventually arrested by NDLEA operatives,” the statement said.

Investigations revealed that Okamaru as been one of the notorious leaders of a cannabis cultivation cartel that operates in the Ondo-Ekiti axis, while he shuttles between Osun, Ondo, Ekiti, Edo and Delta states from where he coordinates supplies of illicit consignments to Northern parts of Nigeria and Lagos State.

“The drug lord has also been identified as a member of an international drug trafficking ring, while he shuttles between Nigeria and South Africa where he settles his family,” Babafemi said in the statement. “He has a strong control and stake in cannabis cultivation in Ondo, Edo, Ekiti, Osun and Oyo states with large storage facilities in Lagos and Abbi in Delta State from where his consignments are distributed year-round.”

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