The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted consignments of Captagon, widely known as the ‘Jihadi drug’, alongside millions of opioid pills worth over N6.2 billion at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos.

The Captagon shipment was seized on Saturday, 22 August 2026, following the arrest of a 49-year-old cross-border kingpin, Akinbile Kazeem Aikins, who arrived from Accra, Ghana, aboard an Africa World Airlines flight.
The Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, disclosed in a statement on Sunday in Abuja.
A search of Aikins’ luggage led to the recovery of 47,200 pills of the illicit amphetamine, valued at over N1.5 billion, concealed within cartons of local bathing soap popularly called “Ghana Soap.”

According to the agency, the suspect claimed the consignment was destined for the Northern part of Nigeria.
Captagon is notoriously used to fund extremist activities in conflict zones.
In a related operation, NDLEA operatives recovered over 3.9 million tablets of Tramaking 225mg and Tapentadol 250mg, weighing 2,787.40 kilogrammes and valued at more than N4.6 billion.

The drugs were retrieved from four abandoned consignments at the MMIA import shed on Friday, 28 August, after a joint examination by customs and other stakeholders.
The agency also arrested a 31-year-old US returnee, Sowunmi David Oludotun, in the Lekki area of Lagos for taking delivery of 3.350 kilogrammes of Loud, a synthetic strain of cannabis imported from the United Kingdom.