Six houses and the sum of N217m belonging to Lagos Socialite, Ademola Kazeem wanted for trafficking of illicit drugs and money laundering by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has been seized.
Gatekeepers News reports that the NDLEA Spokesperson, Femi Babafemi made this known in a statement. He noted that the owner of Adekaz Hotels is a suspected drug kingpin who sponsors some traffickers arrested by the anti-narcotic agency in their recent attempt to export cocaine to Dubai, UAE, and other destinations outside Nigeria.
He said, “Soon after the arrest of one of his mules, Bolujoko Babalola, a Lagos BRT driver on June 27 at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Ademola Kazeem, who is also the chairman of Adekaz Global Integrated Services, went underground.”
“Following his failure to honour invitations sent to him, the agency approached a Federal High Court in Lagos with three prayers: to attach and seal his identified property in Lagos and Ibadan; declare him wanted and block his bank account with a cash balance of N217,000,000.00, all of which was granted.”
“As a result, NDLEA operatives on Wednesday, October 26, 2022, sealed six of the identified property located on the Lagos Island. They include: 105, Tokunbo Street, off Broad Street, Lagos Island; 1, Abibu Oki Street, off Marina, Lagos Island; 3, Abibu Oki Street, off Marina, Lagos Island; 54, Palm Church Street, Lagos Island; 26, Agarawu Street, Lagos Island; and 41, Foresythe Street, Lagos Island. The other one is located at 1, Irepodun Zone, Adepoju Bus-Stop, Ajoda Ayedun, Ibadan, Oyo State.”
Gatekeepers News earlier reported Ademola Kazeem was declared wanted after his failure to honour invitations by the Anti-drug Agency.
In a related development, the agency arrested another suspected drug baron, William Udemezue, at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, on his return from Brazil on October 28.
The NDLEA said his arrest, with the support of the Nigeria Immigration Service, followed the earlier arrest of some drug couriers named Messrs Adolphus Okeke and Anayo Nnanna who are linked to Udemezue as their sponsor.
“The 52-year-old father of four children, who claimed to be a businessman, Okeke, was arrested at the Abuja airport by NDLEA operatives with 20.75 kilograms of black liquid cocaine on Tuesday, March 15, upon his arrival onboard a Qatar Airways flight from Sao Paulo, Brazil, through Doha, Qatar to Abuja.”
“The liquid was discovered upon search of his luggage stuffed with six smaller bags containing 32-makeup mascara, which tested positive to cocaine,” Babafemi added.
Also, a Brazilian returnee, Nnanna Michael, 39, was arrested at the Port Harcourt International Airport with 73 sachets weighing 8.15kg of cocaine, the largest seizure of such at the airport since it began international flight operations years ago.
