Wanted Drug Baron, Afolabi Kazeem (Adekaz) Arrested
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEAen has finally arrested Lagos socialite and owner of Adekaz Hotels, Alhaji Ademola Afolabi Kazeem (a.k.a Alhaji Abdallah Kazeem Muhammed).
Adekaz was arrested over offenses bordering on the exportation and trafficking of illicit drugs as well as money laundering.
He was declared wanted by NDLEA on Tuesday 1st November but failed to honor the agency’s invitation.
Reports show that he sponsored some traffickers arrested by the anti-narcotics agency that recently tried to export cocaine to Dubai, UAE, and other destinations outside Nigeria.
He was uncovered after one of his mules, Bolujoko Muyiwa Babalola, a Lagos BRT driver was nabbed on 27th June at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja. He then named Alhaji Ademola Kazeem, alias Adekaz as the owner of the 900grams of cocaine he ingested.
Adekaz’s properties in choice areas of Lagos island and Ibadan; bank account with a cash balance of Two Hundred and Seventeen Million Naira (N217,000,000.00), frozen, before he was finally caught.