‘Pretty Mike’, ex-BBNaija star, Tuoyo, among arrested merrymakers
Various hard drugs recovered
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has arrested Lagos socialite and nightclub owner, Mike Eze Nwalie Nwogu, popularly known as Pretty Mike, alongside former Big Brother Naija Housemate Tuoyo Ideh, with more than 100 guests during a midnight raid of Proxy Nightclub, Victoria Island, Lagos.
In a statement signed by the agency’s Director, Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, and posted via its website on Sunday, disclosed that cartons of banned substances, including Loud and laughing gas, were recovered from the venue during the operation conducted in the early hours of Sunday.
According to the statement, NDLEA operatives acting on credible intelligence had infiltrated the club around 11 pm on Saturday before swooping in on the gathering about 3 am based on standard operating procedures.
The statement reads, “In Lagos, NDLEA operatives in the early hours of Sunday, October 26, raided Proxy Night club at 7 Akin Adesola Street, Victoria Island, where a drug party was going on. Over 100 suspects, including the owner of the club, Mike Eze Nwalie Nwogu, alias Pretty Mike, were arrested and taken into custody for screening. Cartons of illicit substances, including Loud and laughing gas, were recovered from suspects at the party and the club’s store.
“The raid followed intelligence about the drug party. NDLEA operatives who were embedded in the party between 11 pm on Saturday October 25, however, disrupted the gathering at 3 am on Sunday, October 26, based on Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).”
Confirming his arrest, Tuoye took to his Instagram page on Sunday to lament his ordeal and express displeasure over his arrest.
He wrote, “I have been arrested by the NDLEA from a night club in Lagos for basically doing nothing at all since around 4 am. They made us sit down like criminals. We are over 150 people here up till now, that were taken to NDLEA headquarters, Ikoyi. We didn’t commit any crime, they came with guns inside the club and told everyone to lie down.”
Efforts by our correspondent to reach Pretty Mike for comments proved abortive, as calls and messages sent to him were not responded to as of the time of filing the report.
In a similar vein, the agency said it has intercepted 70 parcels of cocaine concealed inside cocoa butter body cream containers bound for London, United Kingdom, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos.
The cocaine, weighing 3.6 kilograms, was discovered on October 14, 2025, during the examination of cargoes declared as personal effects and scheduled to be exported on an Air Peace flight to London.
The cargo agent, Lawal Mustapha Olakunle, who presented the consignment for airfreight, was immediately arrested, and further investigations conducted over two weeks led to the arrest of two other suspects, a female healthcare worker, Taiwo Deborah Ogunmuyide, and the Chief Executive Officer of a travel agency, Mutiu Adebayo Adebiyi.
“The cocaine consignments weighing 3.60 kilograms were discovered on October 14, 2025, during examination of cargoes packaged as personal effects going to London, UK on an Air Peace flight. A cargo agent, Lawal Mustapha Olakunle, who presented the consignment for airfreight, was promptly arrested while investigations stretching into two weeks led to the arrest of two principal suspects linked to the attempt to export the concealed Class A drug to the UK.
“In a follow-up operation on October 18, a female healthcare worker, Taiwo Deborah Ogunmuyide, was arrested, after which Mutiu Adebayo Adebiyi, the Chief Executive Officer of a travel agency, Mutiu Adebiyi & Co, was arrested at his No 23, Ladoke Akintola Street, Ikeja GRA, Lagos office on Monday October 20.”
In a similar operation, NDLEA officers at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu, foiled an attempt by a 35-year old Lesotho national, Lemena Mark, to smuggle 103.59 grams of methamphetamine concealed in a Diabeta herbs coffee tea pack to the Philippines on an Ethiopian Airlines flight on October 22.
Also, in Kwara State, the agency intercepted 21,950 capsules of tramadol 250mg hidden inside a 100-litre water heater. The suspect, Umar Abubakar, 40, was arrested on October 21 at Bode Saadu, Moro Local Government Area of the state, following credible intelligence.
Along the Okene/Lokoja highway in Kogi State, officers seized 162.2kg of skunk, a strain of cannabis, from a truck on October 24.
In Lagos, a mother of two, identified as Oyonumoh Glory Effiong, described as a major distributor of high-grade cannabis known as Loud across Lekki, Ikoyi, Victoria Island, Ajah, and VGC, was arrested on October 17 during a raid at her Lekki home, where 500 grams of the substance were recovered.
In another Lagos operation, NDLEA officers raided the home of a suspect, Ogunyabo Adenigbigbe, at Solomade Estate, Ikorodu, where 275 litres of skuchies — a cocktail of blackcurrant drink, cannabis, and opioids — were recovered.
In Ondo State, operatives recovered 150kg of skunk during a raid at Lot Camp, Ikun Akoko, while two suspects, Bashir Mohammad, 50, and Samini Ahmed Tijjani, 35, were arrested with 234.5kg of the drug in Kaduna State. Another set of suspects, Isah Usman, 50, and Salvation Okoler, 18, were arrested with 8,600 pills of tramadol 225mg and rohypnol along the Abuja/Kaduna highway.