The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said on Sunday that it has arrested a 75-year-old grandma in Lagos for dealing in illicit drugs.
The suspect, Sekinat Soremekun, according to NDLEA was nabbed on Friday in the Oshodi area of Lagos with quantities of cannabis and litres of codeine syrup recovered from her.
NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, said the granny claimed her son, Segun who is now at large, supplied her with the illicit substances which she retailed.
Babafemi said in a statement that, “NDLEA operatives in Lagos on Friday 15th December arrested a 75-year-old grandma, Mrs. Sekinat Soremekun for dealing in illicit drugs.
“At the time of her arrest in Oshodi area of Lagos, quantities of cannabis and litres of codeine syrup were recovered from her. She claimed her son, Segun who is now at large supplied her the illicit substances which she retailed.”
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