The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA on Sunday said it has arrested Ibrahim Momoh, popularly known as Ibrahim Bendel, a notorious and wanted Abuja drug kingpin, seven years after he escaped from prison custody.
Ibrahim Momoh was 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.
NDLEA said he escaped from prison custody following his conviction for drug dealing, and being a notorious major distributor of illicit substances within the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.
Spokesman of NDLEA, Femi Babafemi said “Ibrahim Momoh was first arrested on 27th November, 2014 with cannabis sativa weighing 385.1kgs, prosecuted and convicted
“But while serving his jail term at Kuje, he escaped from prison custody on 16th May, 2016.
“Following credible intelligence, NDLEA operatives on 20th November 2022 stormed the warehouse of the fleeing ex-convict, Ibrahim Momoh, and recovered 81 jumbo bags of cannabis weighing 1,278kgs.
“The store was located within his poultry farm in Dei-Dei area of the FCT. Though Momoh was not around at the time, his warehouse manager, 55-year-old Ghanaian, Richard Forson Gordon was arrested, prosecuted and sentenced to two years in jail.
