NDLEA nabs wanted pastor for cross-border drug trafficking

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested its a Lagos General Overseer for allegedly orchestrating shipments of illicit drugs into the country.

The arrest was disclosed in a statement issued by the spokesman of the anti-narcotic agency, Femi Babafemi on Sunday.

He said the General Overseer of The Turn of Mercy Church, Prophet Adefolusho Olasele (alias Abbas Ajakaiye) was taken into custody when NDLEA operatives stormed the church located in Okun Ajah, Ogombo road, Lekki area of Lagos on Sunday 3rd August, 2025.

The NDLEA said the operatives had waited for him to conclude the Sunday worship service in the evening before moving in on him the moment he stepped out of the church premises.

According to the statement, the arrest came months after the suspect fled the country to escape the long arm of the law

“Prophet Adefolusho was arrested at his church located in Okun Ajah, Ogombo road, Lekki area of Lagos on Sunday 3rd August 2025 by NDLEA officers who waited 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.

“The 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 first seizure of 200kg of the psychoactive substance was made at Okun Ajah beach on 4th June 2025 while another consignment of 700kg of same substance was recovered from his delivery van on 6th July 2025.

“In his statement, he admitted ferrying the illicit consignments through the waterways from Ghana into Nigeria, adding that he had fled to the West African country to hide after he escaped arrest twice in the recent past,” the statement said.

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