. ‘Pretty Mike’, ex-BB Naija star, Tuoyo, others held
National Drug Law Enforcement Agency says it arrested Lagos socialite and nightclub owner, Mike Eze Nwalie Nwogu, popularly known as Pretty Mike, alongside former Big Brother Naija Housemate Tuoyo Ideh, alongside over 100 other guests during a midnight raid of Proxy Nightclub, Victoria Island, Lagos.
NDLEA, in a statement by its Director, Media & Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, posted via its website on Sunday, alleged that cartons of banned substances, including Loud and laughing gas, were recovered from the venue during the operation conducted in the early hours of Sunday, October 26, 2025.
The anti-narcotic agency said operatives acting on credible intelligence had infiltrated the club around 11 pm on Saturday before swooping on the gathering at about 3 am based on standard operating procedures.
According to the statement, “In Lagos, NDLEA operatives in the early hours of Sunday, October 26, raided Proxy Night club at 7 Akin Adesola Street, Victoria Island, where a drug party was going on. Over 100 suspects, including the owner of the club, Mike Eze Nwalie Nwogu, alias Pretty Mike, were arrested and taken into custody for screening. Cartons of illicit substances, including Loud and laughing gas, were recovered from suspects at the party and the club’s store.
“The raid followed intelligence about the drug party. NDLEA operatives who were embedded in the party between 11 pm on Saturday, 25th October, however, disrupted the gathering at 3 am on Sunday, 26th October based on Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).”
Tuoyo, who confirmed his arrest on his Instagram page on Sunday, lamented his ordeal and expressed displeasure over the development.
He wrote, “I have been arrested by the NDLEA from a night club in Lagos for basically doing nothing at all since around 4 am, they made us sit down like criminals, we over 150 people here up till now, that were carried to NDLEA headquarters Ikoyi, we didn’t commit any crime, they came with guns inside and the club and told everyone to lie down.”
Pretty Mike could not be reached for comments, as calls and messages sent to him were not responded to as of the time of filing this report.
In another operation, NDLEA said it has intercepted 70 parcels of cocaine concealed inside cocoa butter body cream containers bound for London, United Kingdom, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos.
The cocaine, weighing 3.6 kilograms, was discovered on October 14, 2025, during the examination of cargoes declared as personal effects and scheduled to be exported on an Air Peace flight to London.
The cargo agent, Lawal Mustapha Olakunle, who presented the consignment for airfreight, was immediately arrested, and further investigations conducted over two weeks led to the arrest of two other suspects, a female healthcare worker, Ogunmuyide Taiwo Deborah, and the Chief Executive Officer of a travel agency, Mutiu Adebayo Adebiyi.
The statement added, “The cocaine consignments weighing 3.60 kilograms were discovered on 14th October 2025 during examination of cargoes packaged as personal effects going to London, UK on an Air Peace flight. A cargo agent, Lawal Mustapha Olakunle, who presented the consignment for airfreight, was promptly arrested while investigations stretching into two weeks led to the arrest of two principal suspects linked to the attempt to export the concealed Class A drug to the UK.
“In a follow-up operation on 18th October, a female healthcare worker, Ogunmuyide Taiwo Deborah, was arrested, following which Mutiu Adebayo Adebiyi, the Chief Executive Officer of a travel agency, Mutiu Adebiyi & Co, was arrested at his 23 Ladoke Akintola Street, Ikeja GRA, Lagos office on Monday 20th October.”
Also, NDLEA officers at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu, foiled an attempt by a 35-year-old Lesotho national, Lemena Mark, to smuggle 103.59 grams of methamphetamine concealed in a Diabeta herbs coffee tea pack to the Philippines on an Ethiopian Airlines flight on October 22.
Babafemi added that the suspect was arrested at the airport and the illicit substance recovered.
In Kwara State, NDLEA intercepted 21,950 capsules of tramadol 250mg hidden inside a 100-litre water heater. The suspect, Umar Abubakar, 40, was arrested on October 21 at Bode Saadu, Moro Local Government Area of the state, following credible intelligence.
Similarly, in Taraba State, two suspects — Auwal Musa, 26, and Salihu Bala, 22 — were arrested on October 21 with 450,000 pills of tramadol and Exol-5 at the Dan-anacha checkpoint. The drugs were being conveyed in a truck loaded with building materials from Onitsha, Anambra State, to Mubi, Adamawa State.
Along the Okene/Lokoja highway in Kogi State, officers seized 162.2kg of skunk, a strain of cannabis, from a truck on October 24. Another 128kg of the same substance was recovered from a suspect, Abubakar Muhammad, 55, in Keffi, Nasarawa State, on October 22.
In Lagos, a mother of two, identified as Oyonumoh Glory Effiong, described as a major distributor of high-grade cannabis known as Loud across Lekki, Ikoyi, Victoria Island, Ajah, and VGC, was arrested on October 17 during a raid at her Lekki home, where 500 grams of the substance were recovered.
In another Lagos operation, NDLEA officers raided the home of a suspect, Ogunyabo Adenigbigbe, at Solomade Estate, Ikorodu, where 275 litres of skuchies — a cocktail of blackcurrant drink, cannabis, and opioids — were recovered.
Also, a 75-year-old grandfather, Echendu Onuoka, was arrested with 4.7kg of skunk at Ovum village, Obingwa Local Government Area of Abia State, while a 60-year-old woman, Aukana John, was arrested with 225 grams of the same substance at Apanta village in the same area.
In Ondo State, operatives recovered 150kg of skunk during a raid at Lot Camp, Ikun Akoko, while two suspects, Bashir Mohammad, 50, and Samini Ahmed Tijjani, 35, were arrested with 234.5kg of the drug in Kaduna State. Another set of suspects, Isah Usman, 50, and Salvation Okoler, 18, were arrested with 8,600 pills of tramadol 225mg and rohypnol along the Abuja/Kaduna highway.
At the Seme border area of Lagos, Jacob Ojugbele was arrested with 55kg of skunk at Ashipa, Badagry, while Amusa Oluwabukola was caught with 121.3 litres of skuchies at Itoga, Badagry.
In Zamfara State, NDLEA operatives on patrol along the Gummi–Anka road on October 20 arrested a 30-year-old suspect, Abubakar Ibrahim, with an AK-47 rifle and 1,746 rounds of ammunition for AK-47 and GPMG rifles, which he was allegedly transporting from Sokoto to the Bagega forest, Anka Local Government Area. The suspect and exhibits were handed over to the appropriate security agency for further investigation.
Lately, NDLEA had uncovered several drug concealment attempts, including cocaine hidden in body cream containers bound for the United Kingdom and methamphetamine packed in herbal tea sachets at airports in Lagos and Enugu.
NDLEA Chairman, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (retd.) commended officers across the commands for their commitment, urging them to sustain the agency’s offensive against drug traffickers and its ongoing War Against Drug Abuse (WADA) campaign nationwide.
“While commending the officers and men of MMIA, AIIA, Lagos, Kwara, Abia, Nasarawa, Kogi, Ondo, Anambra, Taraba, Kaduna, Seme, and Zamfara Commands for the arrests and seizures, Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Rtd) urged them and their colleagues across the country to continue with the ongoing balanced approach to the drug control efforts of the Agency,” the statement added.
