NDLEA Declares Drug Kingpin, Three Others Wanted, Freezes N9.84bn in Accounts

.Signs MoU with NCC against drug trafficking, piracy

Michael Olugbode in Abuja

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has declared a suspected drug kingpin, Nnamuka Uchenna alias Odogwu, three associates namely Emmanuella Iroka, Kingsley and Ekechi Chijioke also known as Ekene Okwunaga wanted over their alleged involvement in the operation of a clandestine methamphetamine laboratory, production of the illicit drug and laundering of proceeds from drug trafficking.

It also said that it had frozen bank accounts linked to the suspects containing a combined balance of N9,840,873,566.66.

Thiswas the NDLEA and the Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) had signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to forge an alliance against drug trafficking and piracy.