NDLEA Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Brig-Gen. Buba Marwa (retd.).
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has disclosed that a precursor chemical used in the production of fentanyl was discovered during the dismantling of a methamphetamine laboratory in a deep forest in Ogun State.
Fentanyl is a powerful synthetic opioid that has driven a wave of overdose deaths in the United States and other countries in recent years, and its precursor chemicals are tightly monitored internationally because small amounts can be used to produce large quantities of the drug.
According to the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, synthetic opioids like fentanyl remained the leading cause of drug overdose deaths in the United States in 2025.
The deadly chemical was recovered in May 2026 after NDLEA operatives dismantled a massive, industrial-scale methamphetamine laboratory hidden in a forest spanning the Abidagba and Iroto communities in Ijebu East, Ogun State.
