The founder and general overseer of The Turn of Mercy Church, Prophet Adefolusho Aanu Olasele (also known as Abbas Ajakaiye), was apprehended by National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) agents for orchestrating several drug shipments into Nigeria after months of escaping overseas to avoid capture.
Prophet Adefolusho was arrested on Sunday, August 3, 2025, at his church in Okun Ajah, Ogombo road, Lekki area of Lagos, according to anti-drug agency spokeswoman Femi Babafemi, who confirmed this to reporters.
NDLEA officers had been waiting for him since the morning to finish the Sunday worship service in the evening, and they moved in on him as soon as he left the church grounds.
‘’The arrest came after he had evaded arrest twice and fled to Ghana to hide since June when operatives started trailing him following the seizure of two shipments of Ghana Loud, a strain of cannabis linked to him. The first seizure of 200kg of the psychoactive substance was made at Okun Ajah beach on 4th June 2025 while another consignment of 700kg of same substance was recovered from his delivery van on 6th July 2025.’’ the statement reads
Babafemi said the cleric in his statement admitted ferrying the illicit consignments through the waterways from Ghana into Nigeria, adding that he had fled to the West African country to hide after he escaped arrest twice in the recent past.
In another operation in Lagos, NDLEA operatives on Thursday 7th August raided an apartment at Kishi House 11 Layi Ajayi Bembe street, Parkview Estate Ikoyi where they arrested a suspect Benjamin Udo Ukoh and recovered 32 pouches of Canadian Loud, a strain of Cannabis with a total weight of 15.63kg.
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