{"id":8495,"date":"2026-08-23T13:29:07","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T13:29:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/?p=8495"},"modified":"2026-08-23T13:30:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T13:30:19","slug":"ndlea-arrests-101-year-old-great-grandma-for-selling-drugs-in-lagos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/2026\/08\/23\/ndlea-arrests-101-year-old-great-grandma-for-selling-drugs-in-lagos\/","title":{"rendered":"NDLEA arrests 101-year-old great grandma for selling drugs in Lagos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have arrested a 101-year-old great-grandmother for dealing in illicit drugs.<\/p>\n<p>The great-grandmother, identified as Esther Ogunmabo, was arrested in Ilisan, Ogun State, with retail sachets of skunk, a strain of cannabis, weighing 90 grammes, which she claimed she sold to locals.<\/p>\n<p>A statement on Sunday by the agency\u2019s spokesman, Femi Babafemi, said the centenarian told operatives that she started engaging in illicit drug trade after her provisions shop was razed by fire.<\/p>\n<p>The statement partly read, \u201cOperatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have recorded significant breakthroughs across the country\u2019s land and maritime borders, including the arrest of a 101-year-old great-grandmother for dealing in illicit drugs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNDLEA operatives on Saturday, August 15, 2026, arrested a 101-year-old woman, Esther Ogunmabo, in Ilisan, Ogun State, with retail sachets of skunk, a strain of cannabis, weighing 90 grams, which she claims she sells to locals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe centenarian told operatives that she resorted to the illicit drug trade after her provisions shop was razed by fire, adding that one of her daughters, who resides in Lagos, arranges the supply of the substance to her every four days, which she in turn sold in bits.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Babafemi said the Chairman\/Chief Executive Officer of the NDLEA, Brig. 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