NDLEA arrests Pretty Mike, others in Lagos drug party raid
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Sunday said it arrested Mike ‘Pretty Mike’ Nwogu and over 100 others at a drug party in Lagos.
In a statement, NDLEA spokesperson Femi Babafemi announced that the arrests were made during a raid at Proxy Nightclub, 7 Akin Adesola Street, Victoria Island, Lagos.
“In Lagos, NDLEA operatives in the early hours of Sunday, October 26, raided Proxy Night club at 7 Akin Adesola Street, Victoria Island, where a drug party was going on.
“Over 100 suspects, including the owner of the club, Mike Eze Nwalie Nwogu, alias Pretty Mike, were arrested and taken into custody for screening,” the statement said.
It added, “Cartons of illicit substances, including Loud and laughing gas, were recovered from suspects at the party and the club’s store.”
According to NDLEA, the raid followed intelligence gathered about the drug party, which it sent its men to observe as participants.
“The raid followed intelligence about the drug party. NDLEA operatives who were embedded in the party between 11:00 p.m. on Saturday, 25th October, however, disrupted the gathering at 3:00 a.m. on Sunday, 26th October, based on Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs),” the statement added.
While Pretty Mike is yet to speak on this incident, former Big Brother Naija housemate Tuoyo Ideh said in an Instagram post that he was among those arrested during the raid by NDLEA.
“I have been arrested by the NDLEA from a night club in Lagos for basically doing nothing at all since around 4:00 a.m. They made us sit down like criminals, we over 150 people here up till now, that were carried to NDLEA head quarters Ikoyi, we didn’t commit any crime, they came with guns inside and the club and told everyone to lie down,” he said.
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