NDLEA Arrests Two Elderly Men Over Drugs Trafficking

The suspects - Mallam Mai Gemu Adam and Yamama Musa, were arrested in Borno State on Saturday, March 9.

According to an NDLEA spokesman, 32,000 ampoules of tramadol injection were found on them, confirming this in a statement on Sunday.

“NDLEA operatives in Borno state have arrested a 70-year-old grandfather, Mallam Mai Gemu Adam and 65-year-old Yamama Musa for drug trafficking. They were arrested on Saturday 9th March along with 24-year-old Abubakar Ya'u and Babagana Abubakar Ali, 28, in Maiduguri and Gamboru-Ngala respectively while 32,000 ampoules of tramadol injection were recovered from them,” he said.

He added that the organization also detained Alhaji Mala Tijjani, the driver of a Golf 3 salon car, after it was intercepted in Geidam, Yobe State.