National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has declared four persons wanted for their alleged roles in a drug trafficking syndicate linked to Lagos drug kingpin, Alhaji Suleiman Ganiu, aka Barryshine.
Anti-narcotic operatives arrested Barryshine on August 26, 2024, two years after the NDLEA declared him wanted.
NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, in a statement on Monday, said the suspect, who is the Managing Director/CEO of Barryshine Suleiman Nigeria Ltd., came under the agency’s watchlist over his alleged role in four foiled attempts to export cocaine to Saudi Arabia and Qatar through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos, between 2022 and 2024.
The Agency stated that many of Barryshine’s drug mules had been arrested by the NDLEA, prosecuted, and convicted, while he is currently facing multiple criminal charges.
The NDLEA named four additional suspects now declared wanted: Olarenwaju Abdulai (a.k.a. Alhaji Loyingbo); Oluwafemi Abidoye (a.k.a. Igbono, Baba Eje, Ade Iwaya, Femi Iwaya) Olumuyiwa Ilori (a.k.a. Murphy); Alate Bukki of Kaffy Travels.
“The suspects were declared wanted following a court order by Justice Akintayo Aluko of the Federal High Court in Lagos,” the statement added.
NDLEA said the judge also ordered that a public notice with the suspects’ photographs should be conspicuously displayed.
“Members of the public with any information on the whereabouts of the four wanted suspects are encouraged to contact the nearest NDLEA command, call our toll-free helpline: 080010203040, or send direct messages to any of our social media accounts,” the statement added.
