NDLEA raids Osun drug party, arrests organisers

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) conducted a raid on a lounge in Osogbo, the capital of Osun State, aimed at curbing a night party associated with the misuse of illicit substances.

According to the agency’s spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, NDLEA operatives apprehended organisers who were discovered with drug exhibits during the operation.

The statement read, “Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA on Saturday 25th November raided a lounge in Osogbo, the Osun state capital where a night party organized for illicit substance abuse was going to be held and arrested some of the organisers who were found with drug exhibits,”

“The raid followed credible intelligence that some persons were going to hold a night party tagged Unholy Alliance for Stoners and Drunkards where different types of illicit substances were going to be sold and consumed by patrons. Soon after the organisers began to gather at Berrymist Lounge located in the Ofatedo area of Osogbo to start the party, NDLEA operatives swooped on them, arrested them, and recovered illicit substances of abuse and drug paraphernalia from them.

“Those arrested include Ikotu Omolayo, 25; Fola Olabode, 30, and Akorede Adunni Ajibola, 22. The management of the Lounge has also been invited for further investigation”, it added.