Four members of a drug syndicate including two church officials have been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency for allegedly trafficking lethal opioid, fentanyl, in Warri, Delta State.
The NDLEA Director, Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday.
Babafemi stated that other two suspects arrested were a female official of a courier company, and another lady.
He noted the two church officials arrested were officials of Christ Mercyland Deliverance Ministries (aka Mercy City Church), Warri, Delta State – Adewale Abayomi Ayeni, 39, and Ebipakebina Appeal, 41 .
He added that they were linked to two intercepted consignments of the illicit drug and were arrested in Warri.
He disclosed that Ayeni is one of those managing the prayer call centre of the church, while Ebipakebina is in charge of the movement of international guests from the airport to the church.
The NDLEA said two female accomplices also arrested in Warri in the course of investigating the intercepted shipments were 28-year-old Naomi David, who is a staff of United Parcel Services (UPS), and 27-year-old Stacy Njideka, who is a business associate of Ayeni.
In his reaction, the NDLEA Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd), urged the officers of the anti-drug agency and their compatriots across the country to continue to set their eyes on the goal of ridding the nation of substance abuse and illicit drug trafficking.
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