{"id":357700,"date":"2025-03-04T07:42:10","date_gmt":"2025-03-04T06:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=357700"},"modified":"2025-03-04T07:44:00","modified_gmt":"2025-03-04T06:44:00","slug":"how-ndlea-arrested-international-drug-baron-in-lagos-after-17-years-marwa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2025\/03\/04\/how-ndlea-arrested-international-drug-baron-in-lagos-after-17-years-marwa\/","title":{"rendered":"How NDLEA arrested international drug baron in Lagos after 17 years \u2013 Marwa"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>He stated that the agency had gathered irrefutable proofs of Ogbonnaya\u2019s activities, including his recruitment of young Nigerians as mules to smuggle illicit substances into the Republic of Korea<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>One Jeff Ogbonnaya, an international drug baron, has been apprehended by men of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency.<\/p>\n<p>The 59-year-old fugitive was arrested at his hideout in the Ojo area of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2025\/03\/04\/why-i-relinquished-my-speakership-position-full-text-of-merandas-resignation-speech\/\">Lagos State<\/a> after 17 years of slipping through the fingers of authorities.<\/p>\n<p>The agency\u2019s Special Operations Unit had been monitoring Ogbonnaya&#8217;s movement following an Interpol Red Notice against him and intelligence from the National Intelligence Service of South Korea.<\/p>\n<p>The Chairman\/Chief Executive Officer of NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa (retd.), made this known while addressing journalists in Abuja on Monday, the<\/p>\n<p>He stated that the agency had gathered irrefutable proofs of Ogbonnaya\u2019s activities, including his recruitment of young Nigerians as mules to smuggle illicit substances into the Republic of Korea.<\/p>\n<p>He said, \u201cThe major development that warranted this special briefing pertains to the arrest of a drug lord wanted across the world as the leader of an international drug trafficking organisation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn Wednesday, February 12, 2025, we arrested Kevin Jeff Ogbonnaya, a 59-year-old drug baron. The suspect was apprehended at his hideout at No. 3, Ibukunoluwa Taiwo Close, off LASU Road, Lagos. He had been under the NDLEA investigation before his arrest. As a result, we have comprehensive intelligence on his activities and incontrovertible facts confirming that he is a notorious drug lord who recruited young Nigerians as couriers to smuggle illicit substances into the Republic of Korea (South Korea).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur records reveal that many Nigerians apprehended outside the country for drug-related offences were linked to him. Furthermore, we have established that he laundered drug proceeds through the importation of electronics and other goods. Following his arrest, a search of his residence led to the recovery of multiple Nigerian passports belonging to different individuals, many of which contained Korean visas. Additionally, we recovered some illicit substances stored at the back of his house.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Marwa said Ogbonnaya had previously served a one-year prison term in South Korea in 2007 before being deported to Nigeria in 2008. However, he resumed his illicit operations, orchestrating drug shipments to the Far East.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis dossier indicates that he served a one-year prison sentence in the Republic of Korea in 2007 and was deported to Nigeria in 2008. Despite this, he continued his illicit trade, remaining actively involved in drug trafficking operations to the Far East.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresently, he is wanted in the Republic of Korea for multiple drug trafficking offences in collaboration with his accomplices. An INTERPOL Red Notice was issued for his arrest and extradition to the country for offences committed between 2023 and 2024.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom a series of interdictions, it has been established that Ogbonnaya is the ringleader of a drug trafficking organisation responsible for smuggling narcotics into the People\u2019s Republic of Korea. He has been orchestrating operations remotely, giving instructions to drug mules and domestic suppliers who are members of his syndicate spread across Cameroon, Ghana, Burkina Faso, Liberia, and other East and Southern African countries.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Marwa stated that between December 2023 and April 2024, Ogbonnaya allegedly directed two couriers \u2014Santa Elizabeth Pieterse and Carl Yohan Stephan Brisman\u2014 to smuggle five kilograms of methamphetamine into South Korea via international flights.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn October 5, 2023, at a location in Burkina Faso, the suspect dispatched 6,051.06 grams of skunk, concealed in dried chillies and jujube, to a Korean, Kim Dong Wook, at a designated address in Jinju City, Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea. The package arrived at Incheon Airport on October 19, 2023, at 7:20 a.m. via Air France.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInvestigation reveals that while residing in Nigeria, he directed his drug couriers, Santa Elizabeth Pieterse and Carl Yohan Stephan Brisman, to smuggle a total of five kilograms of methamphetamine into South Korea via overseas flights between December 2023 and April 2024. In recent times alone, he has sent illicit drugs worth over N1.4bn in street value to South Korea.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOgbonnaya maintains another domestic carrier, identified as \u2018Asa,\u2019 who delivers drug consignments to a warehouse operated by Okori Emmanuel, a Nigerian who serves as his supply manager in South Korea. As of now, two arrest warrants have been issued against Ogbonnaya by the Seoul Central District Court in January and June 2024. These warrants charge him with importing narcotic drugs in violation of Article 3-7 of South Korea\u2019s Narcotics Control Act, an offence punishable by a maximum sentence of life imprisonment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Marwa, however, reaffirmed the NDLEA\u2019s commitment to ensuring that Nigeria does not serve as a base for international drug trafficking operations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>He stated that the agency had gathered irrefutable proofs of Ogbonnaya\u2019s activities, including his recruitment of young Nigerians as mules to smuggle illicit substances into the Republic of Korea. One Jeff Ogbonnaya, an international drug baron, has been apprehended by men of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency. 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