The Suspect, Alhaja Aishat Feyisara Ajoke Elediye

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has announced the arrest of a wanted ‘drug kingpin’ and Lagos socialite, 61-year-old Alhaja Aishat Feyisara Ajoke Elediye.

The agency said Ajoke was arrested on Wednesday, January 1, 2025 in her Okota mansion in Lagos following the interception of a truckload of illicit drug consignment from her staff same day.

According to the NDLEA, Ajoke is known in the drug underworld as ‘Iya Ruka’ and Alhaja Ajoke in social circles. The agency, however, added that her true identity has been shrouded in mystery for years and that she has remained on the wanted list of NDLEA for leading one of the drug cartels operating from Mushin area of Lagos.

Femi Babafemi, NDLEA Director of Media and Advocacy in a statement on Sunday, said, “The lid was however blown off her invincibility on Wednesday 1st January 2025 when NDLEA operatives acting on intelligence intercepted a white Izuzu truck carrying 44 jumbo sacks containing 1,540 kilograms of imported cannabis and driven by one of her staff members, 41-year-old Abideen Adio.

“Thereafter, the operatives stormed her hideout at 33 Adebayo Oyewole Street, off Ago Palace Way, Okota, where they arrested her.

“On the surface, Alhaja Ajoke is a businesswoman who imports fabrics and shoes from China but beneath is a massive illicit drug trade. She is also recognized as the Iyalaje of Blessing Sisters, an influential club of society women in Lagos.”

NDLEA said in another major operation, its officers on Friday, December 27, 2024, arrested a US-trained Hollywood and Nollywood filmmaker, Emeka Emmanuel Mbadiwe.

It said, “In another major operation, NDLEA officers on Friday 27th December 2024 arrested a US-trained Hollywood and Nollywood filmmaker, Emeka Emmanuel Mbadiwe, who is also a motivational speaker at his Lekki Hotel room following the arrest of his partner, Uzoekwe Ugochukwu James, earlier same day at a warehouse in Ajao estate Ikeja, where he was sent by Mbadiwe to collect a shipment of 33 parcels of Loud, a strong strain of cannabis weighing 17.30 kilograms, which arrived the Import shed of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA Ikeja on 24th December 2024 from the United States on a Delta Airline flight, concealed in large wooden boxes.”

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