A Lagos socialite and a Nollywood filmmaker, linked to major illicit drug activities across the country, were among prominent individuals arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency in the New Year.
It was learnt that on New Year Day, the NDLEA operatives stormed the Okota mansion of 61-year-old Aishat Elediye, a well-known Lagos socialite, leading to her arrest.
Her arrest followed the agency’s interception of a white Izuzu truck carrying 44 jumbo sacks of imported cannabis, weighing 1,540 kilograms, in Lagos.
The truck was driven by one of her staff members, Abideen Adio, 41, who was promptly arrested. Following the truck’s seizure, the NDLEA operatives raided the socialite’s Okota mansion.
A statement on Sunday by the agency’s spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, said Elediye, also known as “Iya Ruka,” had evaded the agency for years while allegedly running a drug cartel from the Mushin area of Lagos.
“Known in the drug underworld as Iya Ruka, Alhaja Ajoke, as she is fondly called in her social circle, has her true identity shrouded in mystery for years while she remained on the wanted list of the NDLEA for leading one of the drug cartels operating from Mushin area of Lagos.