NDLEA arrests 80-year-old ex-convict and 82-yr-old grandma in the business of illicit drugs

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Two octogenarians: an 80-year-old grandpa Ayuba Ashiru and 82-year-old grandma Mrs. Uloma Uchechi Sunday as well as her daughter Chisom Uchechi, 32, top the list of suspects arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA) in raids carried out across the country

This was revealed in a signed statement by the agency’s Director, Media & Advocacy, Femi Babafemi on Sunday, May 18, 2025.

Ayuba had previously been arrested and prosecuted by NDLEA for dr¥g dealing offences was convicted and served 10-year jail term between 2014 and 2024.

He was again arrested on Wednesday 14th May 2025 at Barazana street, Dogarawa area of Sabon Gari LGA, Kaduna State by NDLEA officers acting on credible intelligence. A total of 2.3kilograms of sk¥nk packaged in nylons and papers in retail sizes were recovered from him. He claimed to have been in the illicit dr¥g trade for the past 46 years.

Similarly, NDLEA operatives in Abia state on Saturday 17th May raided the home of 82-year-old Mrs. Uloma Uchechi Sunday at Umuaguma Ntigha Uzor village where different quantities of methamphetamine, tramadol and sk¥nk, a strain of c@nnabis as well as a cash exhibit of N130,600 were recovered from her and her daughter, 32-year-old Chisom Uchechi.

The grandma confessed that she and her daughter took over the drug trade after her son who started the business died two years ago.