The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a 50-year-old widow and fashion designer, Mrs Ifeoma Henrietta Ezewuike, for attempting to traffic 1.3 kilograms of cocaine using a fake pregnancy disguise.
Ezewuike, who owns a fashion company called Golden Star Creation in Lagos’ Okota neighbourhood, was detained at a bus station in Jibowu, Yaba, on Friday, August 22, 2025, while attempting to transfer the narcotics shipment to consumers in Abuja.
According to a statement made by the NDLEA’s spokesman, Femi Babafemi, a follow-up operation at her apartment on Ago Palace Way in Okota resulted in the discovery of 200 grammes of cutting agent used in cocaine processing.
Babafemi stated in her statement to detectives that Ezewuike, a mother of one, claimed she inherited the drug trade from her late husband, who died two years ago, despite having worked in the fashion industry for over 20 years.
“A 50-year-old widow and fashion designer, Mrs. Ifeoma Henrietta Ezewuike, has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) over an attempt to traffic 1.3 kilograms of cocaine, using fake pregnancy as a façade to escape scrutiny and detection.
“The widow who is a mother of one and proprietress of Golden Star Creation, a fashion outfit in Ago Palace Way, Okota, Lagos, was arrested at a bus terminal in the Jibowu, Yaba area of the state on Friday, 22nd August 2025, while attempting to move the cocaine consignment to customers in Abuja.
“A follow-up operation at her house in the Ago palace area led to the recovery of 200 grams of cutting agent used in the production of a strain of cocaine. In her statement, Ezewuike claimed she inherited the criminal trade from her husband, who died two years ago, while she has been in the fashion business for 20 years,” the statement partly read.
In separate operations, Babafemi stated that NDLEA agents confiscated 90 packets of Loud, a cannabis strain weighing 48.6 kg, packed in three containers of kitchen sinks imported from the United States.
He stated that the seizure occurred at a courier company in Lagos on Tuesday, August 19.
“Not less than 90 parcels of Loud, a strain of cannabis weighing 48.6 kg, imported from the United States of America and concealed in three cartons of kitchen sinks, were intercepted at a courier company in Lagos on Tuesday, 19th August, by NDLEA officers of the Directorate of Operations and General Investigation,” Babafemi said.
