The Nationwide Drug Regulation Enforcement Company (NDLEA) says it’s going to file for the forfeiture of Proxy Evening Membership, Victoria Island, Lagos, following a raid that uncovered a large-scale drug get together on the facility over the weekend.
The company disclosed this in an announcement issued by Femi Babafemi, Director of Media and Advocacy, NDLEA Headquarters, Abuja, warning nightclub operators and enjoyable seekers in opposition to organizing or attending drug-related occasions.
“Whereas the Company will intensify surveillance and apply the complete pressure of the legislation in opposition to perpetrators, homeowners of properties, motels, and occasion centres discovered to be knowingly internet hosting such unlawful actions danger the confiscation and forfeiture of their property to the Federal Authorities.
“These held in custody within the ongoing case will face prosecution, whereas we’ll file for forfeiture of the property, Proxy Evening Membership, by which the medication have been discovered, ”they said.
Backstory
On Sunday, October 26, 2025, the NDLEA confirmed the arrest of Lagos socialite, Mike Eze Nwalie Nwogu, popularly referred to as Fairly Mike, alongside over 100 visitors throughout a midnight raid at Proxy Evening Membership in Victoria Island, Lagos.
The operation adopted intelligence studies {that a} drug get together was being held on the membership. NDLEA operatives, who had been deployed undercover, arrived on the venue round 11 p.m. on Saturday, October 25, and monitored actions till 3 a.m. on Sunday when the raid happened.
In the course of the operation, the company recovered cartons of illicit substances, together with Loud and laughing fuel, from suspects on the get together and the membership’s retailer.
The NDLEA stated the raid was carried out consistent with its Normal Working Procedures (SOPs), and all these arrested have been taken into custody for screening to find out their stage of involvement
What they said
The company stated drug events are legal acts that violate the NDLEA Act and can entice extreme penalties.
“Any gathering organized for the aim of consuming, distributing, or abusing illicit substances is an act of criminality. These ‘drug events’ contravene the express provisions of the NDLEA Act and shall be handled as critical narcotic offences,” the company stated.
It described the occasion as a brazen show of illegality, noting that organizers had the audacity to provide and flow into flyers inviting enjoyable seekers to come back collectively to commit crime, an act that not solely constitutes an incitement to commit crime however equally an affront to the legislation enforcement capabilities of the nation if condoned.
The company added that every one attendees initially arrested have been later profiled, addressed, counselled and launched inside hours in custody, consistent with finest world practices, whereas the 2 principal suspects: Fairly Mike and his supervisor, Joachin Millary stay in custody following the seizure of 384.882 kilograms of Canadian Loud, a robust pressure of hashish and different substances from the membership’s retailer.
NDLEA requires public vigilance
The NDLEA urged Nigerians to stay vigilant and help its efforts to fight drug abuse, which it described as a rising menace to the nation’s youth and public well being.
It appealed to all patriotic Nigerians, mother and father, non secular and group leaders, in addition to involved residents to be vigilant, report such actions, and accomplice with the NDLEA in combating this menace to nationwide well-being.
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