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Lagos Hotelier Declared Wanted Over Drug Trafficking, Money Laundering

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has declared Lagos socialite and the owner of Adekaz Hotels, wanted over offences bordering on exportation and trafficking of illicit drugs as well as money laundering.

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The NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, stated that the decision to declare the suspect wanted was made due to his failure to honour invitations by the agency.

Babafemi said that the suspected drug king was uncovered as the sponsor of some traffickers arrested by the agency in their recent attempt to export cocaine to Dubai, UAE, and other destinations outside Nigeria.

He said, “Soon after the arrest of one of his mules, Bolujoko Babalola, a Lagos BRT driver on June 27 at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Ademola Kazeem, who is also the chairman of Adekaz Global Integrated Services, went underground.

“Following his failure to honour invitations sent to him, the agency approached a Federal High Court in Lagos with three prayers: to attach and seal his identified property in Lagos and Ibadan; declare him wanted and block his bank account with a cash balance of N217,000,000.00, all of which was granted.

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“As a result, NDLEA operatives on Wednesday, October 26, 2022, sealed six of the identified property located on the Lagos Island. They include: 105, Tokunbo Street, off Broad Street, Lagos Island; 1, Abibu Oki Street, off Marina, Lagos Island; 3, Abibu Oki Street, off Marina, Lagos Island; 54, Palm Church Street, Lagos Island; 26, Agarawu Street, Lagos Island; and 41, Foresythe Street, Lagos Island. The other one is located at 1, Irepodun Zone, Adepoju Bus-Stop, Ajoda Ayedun, Ibadan, Oyo State.”

Source: Punch

Juliet Nwankwo

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