Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have apprehended a drug lord, Ibrahim Momoh, also known as Ibrahim Bendel, seven years after he escaped from prison custody.
The arrest occurred during a raid on Momoh’s hideout at Filin Dabo, Dei-Dei area of the Federal Capital Territory.
This was made known in a statement signed by the Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, shared on their Facebook page on Sunday.
Momoh, a major distributor of illicit substances within the FCT, was initially arrested on November 27, 2014, with 385.1 kilograms of cannabis sativa.
He was convicted and sentenced to seven and a half years in prison on July 22, 2015. However, he escaped Kuje prison on May 16, 2016, while serving his sentence.
The statement in part said, “Seven years after he escaped from prison custody following his conviction for drug dealing, a notorious major distributor of illicit substances within the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Ibrahim Momoh, popularly known as Ibrahim Bendel, has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA during a raid of his hideout at Filin Dabo, Dei-Dei area of the FCT.
