A wanted drug baron operating under the guise of a businessman and hotelier, Frank Chijioke Ibemesi, popularly known as Chisco Bee, has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency’s (NDLEA) Special Operations Unit after several weeks of intelligence gathering and surveillance.
It was reports that the NDLEA confirmed the arrest in a statement issued on Sunday, November 16, 2025, by its Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi.
According to the agency, the 42-year-old suspect, who is the MD/CEO of Franc CJ Ibemesi Nigeria Ltd, was picked up in the early hours of Saturday, November 15, at Daisy Garden Hotel, located at 66–68 Agbeke Street, Ago Palace Way, Isolo, Lagos.
Immediately after the arrest, operatives took him to one of his warehouses at 7 Pius Ezeobi Street, off Ago Palace Way, where they recovered 42 jumbo bags and four cartons of Loud, a potent strain of cannabis, with a total weight of 1,762.8 kilograms.
Also seized from him on the spot were large volumes of foreign currency: $11,600, £2,000, €2,200 and 50 Canadian dollars, all found in cash.
The agency stated that the raid on the Lagos hotel was only one part of a massive, week-long operation conducted across several states.
In Osun State, NDLEA operatives intercepted a major drug syndicate operating from the Orita-Apeje, Araromi-Okeodo forest reserve in Ife South LGA after days of monitoring.
Two trucks, a Volvo truck marked WWR 29 XA and a Mercedes truck with registration AWK 713 YZ, both loaded with processed skunk weighing 11,135 kilograms, were seized.
Seven suspects were arrested: Lucky Abiodun, Julius Amos, Victor Ngbikili, Sunday Oduegwu, Ibrahim Akanni, Eze Godstime, and Fred Ifeanyichukwu.
The NDLEA said its operatives in Edo State also made several seizures totalling 1,902.1 kilograms of skunk across different locations.
The breakdown shows:
184.1kg was recovered along a bush path at Oza/Igbanke Road, Orhionmwon LGA, on Thursday, November 13.
672kg was evacuated from the Utese forest in Ovia North East LGA on Friday, November 14.
494kg was recovered from a Mercedes-Benz car marked DE311BEN along the Benin–Akure road. The driver, Felix Edah, 45, was arrested.
Another suspect, Lucky Abagha, 51, was arrested in a Mercedes-Benz car marked JJJ 56 JW, conveying 552kg of skunk.
The NDLEA reported further arrests and seizures in several other states.
In Ogun State, four suspects – Michael Okoh, Offor Agada, Raphael Nkemjika, and Nwabueze Franklin, were arrested along the Ijebu-Ode expressway with 68kg of skunk and 3.150kg of methamphetamine.
In Taraba State, operatives arrested Danjuma Tukura, 50, with 172kg of skunk in Sunkani, Ardo Kola LGA. Another suspect, Wisdom Titus, 24, was arrested with 84kg in Takum.
In Adamawa, officers attached to the Aliyu Mustapha International Airport, Yola, seized 396,000 tramadol capsules from Ahmed Isyaku Nda, 50, on Friday, November 14.
In Nasarawa State, 785kg of skunk was evacuated from the warehouse of a drug dealer currently on the run at Asob Maraba Karu.
Naija News reports that more arrests were made in Lagos, including the capture of two suspects, Jamiu Kunle Kardoso and Oriyomi Waliu, with 65.150kg of Canadian Loud in Surulere.
Another suspect, Taofeek Moraina, was arrested the same day in Otto, Oyingbo area of Lagos with 282 blocks of Ghana Loud weighing 141kg.
In Kwara State, NDLEA operatives intercepted a truck marked T-0262KT along the Ilorin–Jebba expressway carrying 197 blocks of skunk weighing 78.565kg and 155 cartons of rubber solutions.
The driver, Umar Yakubu, was arrested.
A commercial bus, marked KJA-657CY, was also intercepted at Eiyenkorin, Ilorin, on Wednesday, November 12, with 20 blocks of skunk concealed in a 50-litre jerry can, leading to the arrest of Ibrahim Bello.
The agency noted that its Commands and formations across the country continued their War Against Drug Abuse (WADA) campaign in schools, worship centres and workplaces.
Schools visited for drug-prevention lectures include Government Day Secondary School, Birnin Ruwa Gusau (Zamfara); Holy Ghost Secondary School, Abakaliki (Ebonyi); Government Science Technical School, Ringim (Jigawa); City Girls Secondary School, Enugu; Randle Junior Secondary School, Surulere (Lagos); and Anglican Girls Grammar School, Obalende, Ijebu-Ode (Ogun).
NDLEA Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, Brigadier-General Mohammed Buba Marwa (retd), commended the officers involved in the operations.
He urged them to remain firm and consistent, saying the agency will continue using a “balanced approach” to advance drug-control efforts nationwide.
One hundred and thirty persons have been arrested after men of the Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI raided a suspected fraud compound in Ghana and arrested more than 130 people.
The FBI Director, Kash Patel, disclosed this in a post shared on his official X account on Thursday.
Patel said the operation, codenamed “Operation Blackout”, was carried out in the week as part of the FBI’s efforts to dismantle global scam centres.
“OPERATION BLACKOUT: This is the FBI’s global scam-centre fraud demolition. Another takedown this week out of Ghana,” Patel wrote.
He said the operation had so far resulted in nearly $10m in identified losses, 89 victims identified, more than 130 individuals arrested or detained, including victims who would be repatriated to their home countries, and more than 300 devices seized.
“Investigation is ongoing. These scam compounds target American citizens and destroy lives – and this @FBI is crushing them in every corner of the world. More to come,” he said.
Patel also gave an update on the overall Operation Blackout figures, saying roughly $17bn had been seized, hundreds of alleged scammers arrested and thousands of trafficked workers freed.
He added that more than 10,000 Americans had been warned before losing their money, while an estimated $670m in losses had been prevented.
The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a suspect, Adewale Arojah, identified as a prophet’s son, for allegedly impersonating a renowned cleric on Facebook and defrauding multiple victims of over N18m under the guise of offering prayers and spiritual assistance.
According to a statement by the command’s Police Public Relations Officer, Oluseyi Babaseyi, on Thursday, the arrest followed a complaint lodged on October 3, 2026, by Muyiwa Akogun, popularly known on Facebook as “Prophet Dr. Muyiwa Akogun”.
The command said Akogun alerted the police after members of the public complained about “fraudulent activities being perpetrated in his name through a duplicated Facebook profile.”
“Upon receipt of the complaint, the Divisional Police Officer, Ilaro Division, immediately detailed intelligence and detective operatives to track down the perpetrator,” the statement said.
It added that “through sustained technological monitoring and intelligence-led analysis, the suspect was tracked to a nearby village in Ajegunle, via the Ilaro/Ibogun axis, where he was successfully apprehended.”
The police said the suspect confessed during interrogation to impersonating the cleric on Facebook.
“During a rigorous interrogation, the suspect confessed to impersonating the real Prophet Akogun on Facebook.
“He admitted to using the cleric’s identity to deliver fake prophecies and offer prayer services to vulnerable individuals, thereby defrauding victims residing both within Nigeria and in the diaspora,” Babaseyi said.
The command said preliminary investigations showed that the suspect allegedly targeted people seeking spiritual assistance through the prophet’s Facebook page.
“Preliminary investigations revealed that the suspect systematically targeted victims seeking spiritual assistance on the said prophet’s Facebook page, gains their trust and swindled them of funds amounting to over ₦18 million,” it said.
The suspect has since been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department, Eleweran, Abeokuta, for further investigation.
The command said the investigation would be used to ascertain the extent of the crime, identify potential accomplices, and ensure possible prosecution.
The command said the arrest was part of its efforts to tackle online fraud and identity theft in the state.
“The swift arrest highlights the Ogun State Police Command’s resolve to dismantle online fraud networks, curb identity theft, and deny cybercriminals safe space to operate across the state,” Babaseyi said.
The Commissioner of Police, Ogun State Command, Bode Ojajuni, commended the Ilaro operatives for what the statement described as their “vigilance, tactical discipline, and swift response”.
The CP also reaffirmed the command’s commitment to protecting residents from digital and physical threats.
The command advised members of the public to exercise caution when dealing with religious leaders and public figures on social media.
“The Command advises members of the public to exercise caution and due diligence when engaging with religious leaders or public figures on social media platforms,” the statement said.
Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has summoned heads of security agencies in the state to a meeting following a spike in security breaches, particularly recent killings involving rival cult groups in the state.
The Special Adviser to the Governor on Security Matters, Samuel Ojo, disclosed this during an exclusive interview with The PUNCH, saying the meeting would be held on Wednesday.
Ojo said the meeting would deliberate on and address the killings by suspected cultists in the state.
He added that the meeting would also discuss measures to make forests in the state safer, in view of the recent killing of an ISWAP leader in Owo, Ondo State.
“We are holding a security meeting on Wednesday, by the special grace of God, to reassure our people and put our security agencies on their toes.
“What happened in Ondo is a lesson to those criminals hibernating in the forests.
We will not take it lightly with anyone using the forest as a hideout,” he said.
He further said, “Aside from that, we are also using the meeting to address the incessant killings by rival cult groups in the past weeks.
“We need to meet and discuss how to stop these killings by cult groups or any other violent crimes hiding under that canopy.”
The governor’s aide, who stressed the need to stop the killings to protect Osun’s corporate image, warned perpetrators of violent crimes to desist or face dire consequences.
“We need to stop it, so as not to give our state a bad name, because nobody knows what they are fighting for or why they are killing themselves,” Ojo said.
The PUNCH reports that two separate attacks by members of rival cult groups, which occurred in Osogbo, the state capital, between last Friday and Sunday, left two people dead and about five others injured.
In reaction to the latest cult attack, the Osun State Commissioner of Police, Ibrahim Zungura, subsequently ordered tactical teams to raid suspected criminal hideouts in Osogbo.
