A building in the Lekki area of Lagos has been ordered to be finalized because it was the result of an illegal drug trade.
At Block 11, House No. 1, is the structure that includes a four-bedroom apartment, two sitting areas, and boys’ quarters. Femi Adebanjo, an alleged drug trafficking kingpin, is alleged to own the 2 Mobolaji Johnson Estate in Lekki Phase 1, Lagos.
After hearing the submission made by Buhari Abdullahi, the head of the legal department of the Lagos Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Justice Alexander Owoeye, who presided over the case, ordered the building to be completely forfeited.
According to Buhari, the application was made in accordance with Sections 3 (1) (a), 32 (c), and 41 (b) of the National Drug Law Enforcement Act Cap., Sections 44 (2), 6 (6) (b), and Sections 3 (1) (a), b) &, (c), and Sections 31 (a), 32 (c), and 41 (b) &, (W). N30 N 2004 (as amended), Sections 4 (b) (c), 5 (2), 7, 8 (1) (a) 17 (1) &, (4), 19 (1) (a) (c) (3) AND 21 (1) of the proceeds of Crimes (Recovery and Management) Act 2022, and under the court’s Inherent jurisdiction.
The Federal Government of Nigeria, which is currently in the NDLEA’s custody, specifically requested that the court grant an order for the court to finalize the forfeiture of the building along with all of its furniture, fittings, and electrical appliances. These items were used as a storage facility for Canadian Loud, a strain of Cannabis Sativa, and as an instrument for committing drug offenses.
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The attorney testified to the judge that Nasir Garba Bungudu, a deputy commander of cocaine, had submitted an affidavit supporting the application.
The deponent stated in the affidavit that they used a property located at Block 11, House No. 1, to obtain the following assurances: “We received confidential credible information about the activities of a drug trafficking organization that specializes in the import of Canadian Loud a Strain of expensive Cannabis Sativa from Canada to Nigeria sometime in the year 2023. For the purposes of both financing drug trafficking activities both domestically and internationally, Mobolaji Johnson Estate, Lekki Phase 1, Lagos, and for the storage, distribution, and dealing in Canadian Loud a Strain of Cannabis Sativa.
That we conducted a number of surveillance operations on the Drug Trafficking Organization, including looking into its headquarters and drug storage facilities, among others. And that House No. 11 served as the Organization’s headquarters. Used as a tool to erect all kinds of drug-related fences, Mobolaji Johnson Estate, Lekki Phase 1, Lagos.
“That the alleged landed property was being used as a base for the members of the Drug Trafficking Organization” and that it was instrumental in the commission of a drug offense. And that we were able to identify that Femi Adebanjo, a notorious drug baron, was in charge of the drug trafficking organization and that he coordinated both the importation and export of illegal drugs from Canada to Nigeria.
That we learned that Femi Adebanjo was the one to buy the Organizational Operations Base in Block 11, House No. Ekwejunor Oritsematosan, who is currently in charge number 2, Mobolaji Johnson Estate, Lekki Phase 1, Lagos, and accosted his associates, among others. FHC/L/501c/2023, FRN V. Ekwejunor Oritsematosan &, Anor. for the manufacture of fences alongside Femaffix Global Services Limited, a business created to help the organization use the proceeds of its drug trade.
According to the Applicant’s agents, who conducted a raid on the property on February 5, 2023, recovered 1.088 kilograms of Canadian Loud from the home in question, as well as detained five Cartel members, including Tijani Oladapo Hakeem, Eric Makuo, Adaobi Fortune, Ahmed Jubril, and Ekwejunor Oritsematosan, were also detained.
That the four cartel members Tijani Oladapo Hakeem, Eric Makuo, Adaobi Fortune, and Ahmed Jubril admitted to the commission of the drug offenses inside the home that the application was based on, and therefore admitted guilt, violated the Charge No. FHC/L/122c/2023, FRN V. Tijani Oladapo Hakeem &, 3 Ors. were found guilty and given the appropriate sentences.
“That Ekwejunor Oritsematosan, the fifth defendant, is currently a witness in Charge No. FHC/L/501c/2023, FRN V. Ekwejunor Oritsematosan &, Anor. for drug of fence alongside Femaffix Global Services Limited, a business that the organization used to bribe illegal people and profit…
The applicant was informed by that reliable information that verified Femi Adebanjo, the drug lord, was in charge of the illegal substance’s importation into Nigeria from Canada, while other members of the organization coordinate and perfect clearance using improbable methods to avoid detection by security agencies.
The fact that Femi Adebanjo, the drug kingpin, is currently at large and uses it as a base for illicit drug activities and a tool for the commission of drug offences established that the landed property’s ownership was confirmed by the investigation into the sought-foreclosed property.
There is no one ever come forward to claim or offer to lead the Agency’s investigators in the pursuit of the owner(s) of the said property and that since the sealing of the landed property the owner has refused to appear for an investigation.
“That the property has been kept under lock and key by the NDLEA Lagos Strategic Command of the Agency since February 5, 2023.” And that the said property was used to carry out the offences and that it is liable for forfeiture under the NDLEA Act.
The applicant reported the details of the said property on Daily Sun National Newspaper on Monday, May 20th, 2024 at page 8, but no one came forward to claim it following the initial order made by this honorable court on March 20, 2024.
The Applicant republished the details of the disputed landed property on Vanguard National Newspaper on Friday, August 1, 2025, Volume 41: No. 2, in accordance with the Court’s Order to Renew the Details of the Landed Property in question. No one shows up to claim the same or give an explanation regarding the property being subject to forfeiture, as required by Section 10(640), at page 7, in order to elicit the owner’s or any other interested party’s attention.
“The applicant will request that a final forfeiture order be issued in respect of the same properties that are contained in the Motion Paper where nobody presents itself within the specified time.” And that if this application is granted, no one will suffer as a result.
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