Nollywood filmmaker, Lagos Socialite, Drug Kingpin arrested over drug shipments
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) commenced the new year with the apprehension of a notorious drug kingpin and Lagos socialite, 61-year-old Alhaja Aishat Feyisara Ajoke Elediye, on Wednesday, January 1, 2025, at her residence in the Okota area of Lagos.
A statement issued by Femi Babafemi, Director of Media and Advocacy at the NDLEA, revealed that the arrest was made following the interception of a truckload of illicit drugs from her staff on the same day.
Alhaja Ajoke, fondly called “Iya Ruka” in the drug underworld, has had her true identity shrouded in mystery for years while remaining on the NDLEA’s wanted list for leading a drug cartel operating from Mushin area of Lagos.
However, the lid was blown off her invincibility when Wein Intelligence intercepted a White Zuza truck carrying 44 jumbo sacks of imported cannabis weighing 1,540 kilograms, driven by her 41-year-old staff member, Abideen Adio.
Following this, the operatives stormed her hideout at 33 Adebayo Oyewole street, off Ago Palace way, Okota, where they took her into custody.
Publicly, Alhaja Ajoke is known as a businesswoman who imports fabrics and shoes from China, but privately, she is reportedly linked to a massive illicit drug trade.
She is also recognized as the Iyalaje of Blessing Sisters, a prominent club of society women in Lagos.
Similarly, NDLEA officials arrested Emeka Emmanuel Mbadiwe, a US-trained Hollywood and Nollywood filmmaker, at his Lekki hotel room on Friday, December 27, 2024, following the arrest of his partner, Uzoekwe Ugochukwu James, at a warehouse in Ajao Estate, Ikeja, Lagos where James was collecting a shipment of 33 parcels of Loud, a strong strain of cannabis weighing 17.30 kilograms, which arrived at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja, Lagos on December 24, 2024, from the United States on a Delta Airline flight.
