The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has intercepted consignments of captagon, popularly known as the “Jihadi drug,” and millions of opioid tablets worth over N6.2bn at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos.
The agency disclosed this in a statement on Sunday by its director, Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi.
According to the NDLEA, operatives at the Lagos airport on Saturday, August 22, 2026, arrested a 49-year-old cross-border drug kingpin, Akinbile Kazeem Aikins, who arrived from Accra, Ghana, aboard an African World Airlines flight.
The statement partly read, ‘NDLEA intercepted consignments of captagon, widely known as the ‘Jihadi drug’ and millions of opioid pills worth over N6.2bn at the MMIA, Ikeja, Lagos.
“The captagon shipment was seized at the Lagos airport on Saturday, August 22, 2026, following the arrest of a 49-year-old cross-border kingpin, Akinbile Kazeem Aikins, who arrived from Accra, Ghana, aboard an African World Airlines flight.
