*The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency discloses its operatives have arrested Prophet Adefolusho Olasele, a.k.a. Abbas Ajakaiye, Founder and General Overseer of a Lagos church, over his alleged role in multiple shipments of illicit drugs from Ghana to Nigeria

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In furtherance of its offensive against drug trafficking and substance abuse across Nigeria, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said its operatives had arrested Adefolusho Olasele, also known as Abbas Ajakaiye, Founder and General Overseer of a church in Lagos State.

The anti-narcotics regulatory agency disclosed the operatives arrested Olasele over his alleged role in multiple shipments of illicit drugs from Ghana to Nigeria.

The NDLEA said the operatives caught up with him after months of fleeing abroad to evade arrest.

Mr. Femi Babafemi, Director of Media and Advocacy at NDLEA, noted this in a statement Sunday, August 10, 2025.

Babafemi stated the drug suspect had been on the run for months.

The operatives actually arrested the suspect Sunday, August 3, at his church in the Okun Ajah area of Lekki, Lagos.

Babafemi stated that operatives waited until the end of the Sunday service before arresting him as he stepped out of the premises.

The agency related that the General Overseer had fled to Ghana June 2025, to evade arrest after operatives linked him to two cannabis seizures 鈥� 200kg recovered at Okun Ajah Beach June 4, and 700kg found in his delivery van July 6.

The statement also noted: 鈥淎fter months of fleeing abroad to evade arrest, the Founder and General Overseer of The Turn of Mercy Church, Prophet Adefolusho Aanu Olasele (alias Abbas Ajakaiye) has been arrested for masterminding multiple shipments of illicit drugs into Nigeria.

鈥淧rophet Adefolusho was arrested at his church located in Okun Ajah, Ogombo Road, Lekki area of Lagos, on Sunday, August 3, 2025, by NDLEA Officers who had been waiting for him since morning to conclude the Sunday worship service in the evening before moving in on him the moment he stepped out of the church premises.

鈥淭he arrest came after he had evaded arrest twice and fled to Ghana to hide since June, when operatives started trailing him, following the seizure of two shipments of Ghana Loud, a strain of cannabis linked to him.”

The NDLEA Directory of Media and Advocacy further explained that the first seizure of 200kg of the psychoactive substance was made at Okun Ajah beach June 4, 2025.

“Another consignment of 700kg of the same substance was recovered from his delivery van on July 6, 2025,鈥� the statement noted.

In his statement, Prophet Adefolusho admitted ferrying the illicit consignments through the waterways from Ghana into Nigeria.

The clergy had fled to Ghana, neighbouring West African country, to hide after he escaped arrest twice in the recent past, stated the NDLEA.

Operatives arrest suspects in other operations across Nigeria

In a related development, the agency said in another operation in Lagos, the NDLEA operatives Thursday, 7th August raided an apartment at Kishi House, 11 Layi Ajayi Bembe Street, Parkview Estate, Ikoyi, Lagos, where they arrested a suspect Benjamin Udo Ukoh and recovered 32 pouches of Canadian Loud, a strain of Cannabis with a total weight of 15.63kg.

In Nasarawa State, NDLEA operatives Saturday, 9th August recovered a large consignment of skunk, a strain of cannabis weighing 3,093 kilograms from the trio of Emmanuel Asoquo Johnny, 51; Okem Raphael, 33, and Chekwube Odo, 25, at New Karu area of the state.

While 29-year-old Nura Yahaya was nabbed at Geza area of Kumbotso Kano State with 639 blocks of skunk weighing 359kg on Friday 8th August, another suspect Umar Adamu Umar, 27, was taken into custody on Wednesday 6th August by NDLEA officers after seizing 9kg of Colorado, a synthetic strain of cannabis from him along Zaria-Kano road, Kano.

In another interdiction operation, in Kano, 20,000 pills of tramadol and 200 ampoules of diazepam injection were recovered from a suspect Usman Musa, 30, at Gadar Tamburawa along Zaria-Kano road on Friday 8th August.

A raid at an uncompleted building located at Tudun Wadan Pantami, in Gombe town, Gombe State Friday, 8th August led to the recovery of 550, 266 pills of opioids mainly tramadol while a suspect Usama Isah was arrested.

The following day Saturday 9th August, another suspect Ibrahim Adamu, 23, was arrested by NDLEA officers along Potiskum road, Bajoga with 50,000 capsules of tramadol.

In Edo State, a white Toyota Hiace bus marked YAB 5522 K coming from Onitsha Anambra and heading to Isanlu in Kogi was Wednesday, 6th August intercepted at Ewu junction, Edo by NDLEA operatives who after a search recovered 23, 940 capsules of tramadol, 1,100 tablets of same opioid and 400 ampoules of pentazocine injection with a suspect Taiye Jethro arrested.

In like manner, Commands and formations of the Agency across the country continued their War Against Drug Abuse (WADA) sensitisation activities to schools, worship centres, work places and communities among others in the past week.

These include: WADA enlightenment lecture to students and staff of Mind City College, Saki, Oyo; Gwagwarwa Primary School, Nasarawa LGA, Kano; officers of the Nigerian Army 241 Recce Model Battalion, Nguru, Yobe; members of Engine Grinders Association, Gboko, Benue; while the Ekiti state command of NDLEA paid WADA advocacy visit to the Nigerian Correctional Service in Ado Ekiti, just as the Anambra state command of the Agency paid a similar WADA advocacy visit to the Speaker of the State House of Assembly.

While commending the officers and men of the Lagos, Nasarawa, Gombe, Kano, and Edo Commands for the arrests, seizures and their dexterity, Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Rtd) enjoined them and their colleagues across the country to continue with the ongoing balanced approach to the drug control efforts of the Agency.

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