Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have nabbed a female head of a Nigeria-Ghana notorious drug syndicate, Omolade Abigail Jolayemi, in Yaba area of Lagos State.
The major interdiction operation by operatives of a Special Operations Unit of the Agency was carried out on March 26, 2026.
The operatives raided the house of 46-year-old Jolayemi at 13 Carter Street, Yaba, Lagos, where they arrested her and her sales girl, Sarah Zainab Agbabiaka, 31.
No fewer than 135 blocks of Ghana Loud, a strain of cannabis weighing 76.30kg, were recovered from them.
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Jolayemi, popularly known as Iya Ghana, trades in local fabric on the surface, but beneath she runs a drug distribution network between Nigeria and Ghana.
On the same day, the SOU operatives also arrested Anayo Lucky Ohabiro, 39, at Doyin Bus Stop, Surulere, Lagos following credible intelligence.
A total of 78 blocks of Ghana Loud weighing 41kg were seized from him.
