Prominent people arrested by National Drug Law Enforcement Agency agents in the New Year included a socialite from Lagos and a Nollywood filmmaker connected to significant illegal drug activities around the nation.
Nigerian news agencies were informed that 61-year-old Aishat Elediye, an acclaimed Lagos socialite, was arrested after NDLEA agents stormed her Okota mansion on New Year's Day. After a white Izuzu truck carrying 44 gigantic sacks of imported cannabis weighing 1,540 kilograms was intercepted by the agency in Lagos, she was arrested. One of her employees, 41-year-old Abideen Adio, was detained right away for operating the truck. The NDLEA agents searched the socialite's Okota residence after seizing the truck.