Ex-beauty queen surrenders to NDLEA after eight months on the run

A wanted former beauty queen, Oluwadamilola Aderinoye, has surrendered to the Lagos Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) after about eight months in hiding.

According to a statement by NDLEA spokesperson Femi Babafemi, Aderinoye surrendered to the Agency on Wednesday, August 28, 2024.

The suspect was declared wanted by the NDLEA in January after she escaped from her Lekki, Lagos residence when operatives of the agency raided her apartment at Oral Estate, Lekki, on Wednesday, January 24, following credible intelligence that she was dealing in illicit substances.

Recovered from her home during the search, witnessed by estate officials, were 606 grams of Canadian Loud, a synthetic strain of cannabis, and an electronic weighing scale.

Other items recovered included large quantities of drug-packing plastics, a black RAV 4 SUV marked Lagos KSF 872 GQ, and her picture frame.

Aderinoye was Miss Commonwealth Nigeria Culture 2015/2016 and the founder of Queen Christmas Foundation.