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Widow Arrested For Trafficking Cocaine With Fake Pregnancy

BySodiq Lawal

PublishedAugust 24, 2025

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has arrested a 50-year-old widow and fashion designer, Mrs Ifeoma Henrietta Ezewuike, for attempting to traffic 1.3 kilogrammes of cocaine using a fake pregnancy disguise.

Ezewuike, who runs a fashion outfit, Golden Star Creation, in the Okota area of Lagos, was apprehended by operatives at a bus terminal in Jibowu, Yaba, on Friday, August 22, 2025, while attempting to deliver the illicit consignment to customers in Abuja.

The agency’s spokesman, Femi Babafemi, in a statement on Sunday, said a follow-up operation at the suspect’s residence on Ago Palace Way, Okota, led to the recovery of 200 grammes of a cutting agent used in processing cocaine.

According to him, Ezewuike, a mother of one, confessed during interrogation that she inherited the drug trade from her late husband, who died two years ago, despite operating her fashion business for over 20 years.

“A 50-year-old widow and fashion designer, Mrs Ifeoma Henrietta Ezewuike, has been arrested by operatives of the NDLEA over an attempt to traffic 1.3 kilogrammes of cocaine, using fake pregnancy as a façade to escape scrutiny and detection,” Babafemi stated.

In a related operation, Babafemi disclosed that NDLEA officers intercepted 90 parcels of Loud, a strain of cannabis weighing 48.6kg, concealed in three cartons of kitchen sinks imported from the United States.

The seizure was made at a courier company in Lagos on Tuesday, August 19.

Similarly, in Adamawa, operatives raided the home of a notorious drug dealer, Idris Garba, at Rumde Baru, Yola South, on Friday, August 22. Though Garba escaped by scaling a fence, his associate, Boniface Nnaji, 55, was arrested. Recovered items included a black Toyota Thundra jeep and a Toyota Yaris car used to transport 354,480 pills of tramadol.

In Kano, Babafemi confirmed that operatives arrested two suspects, Buhari Ibrahim, 25, and Mansur Musa, 24, with 5,850 capsules of pregabalin at Zangon Ungogo on Tuesday, August 19. The same day, 452,070 pills of opioids were recovered from the residence of a fleeing suspect, Rabilu Mukhtar, at Rangaza, Ungogo LGA. Another suspect, Buhari Idris, 35, was also arrested with 140 litres of codeine syrup.

Across other states including Taraba, Edo, Delta, Ondo, and Ekiti, the spokesman added that NDLEA teams destroyed large cannabis farms and warehouses as part of the agency’s ongoing crackdown on illicit drug operations nationwide.

Sodiq Lawal

Sodiq Lawal is a passionate and dedicated journalist with a knack for uncovering captivating stories in the bustling metropolis of Osun State and Nigeria at large. He has a versatile reporting style, covering a wide range of topics, from politics , campus, and social issues to arts and culture, seeking impact in all facets of the society.