Drug Trafficking: Court Orders Temporary Forfeiture Of Lekki Hotel

Justice Musa Kakaki of the Federal High Court has ordered the impermanent forfeiture of a hotel, Extended Stay Hotel, located successful the Lekki country of the state, allegedly acquired with the proceeds of cause trafficking.

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) told the justice that the edifice allegedly belongs to the caput of a cause trafficking organisation known arsenic Victor Falugba.

Justice Kakaki ordered the forfeiture and attachment of the edifice aft entertaining a question ex parte marked FHC/L/MISC/846/2025, moved by Buhari Abdullahi, a lawyer from the NDLEA.

Abdullahi specifically asked the tribunal for an bid of preservation/attachment successful favour of the national authorities for the Extended Stay Hotel, including its furniture, fittings, fixtures, electronics, and electrical appliances utilized arsenic instruments for committing cause offences.

The lawyer besides urged the tribunal to bid an bid vesting the custody of Extended Stay Hotel and its assets to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, pending the last determination of this action.

He further prayed for an bid directing the applicant to people the details of the properties successful a nationalist regular paper for 14 days for third-party claims.

In his ruling, Justice Kakaki stated, “I person work done the processes; the exertion has merit, and I hereby assistance it.”

He past adjourned the substance to October 16 for further hearing.

In the affidavit filed successful enactment of the exertion which was sworn to by a Deputy Commander of Narcotics, Nasiru Bagudu, the NDLEA claimed “That sometime successful April 2025, we received credible accusation regarding the activities of a Drug Trafficking Organization that specializes successful the organisation of Canadian Loud, a strain of Cannabis Sativa, arsenic good arsenic financing different cause activities astatine Extended Stay Hotel located astatine 21 Oladimeji Alo, disconnected Freedom Way, Lekki Phase 1, Lagos, and astir beaches successful Lagos.

“We conducted a bid of surveillance operations connected this Drug Trafficking Organisation and identified immoderate of its members and their operating base, which is simply a retention installation astatine the Extended Stay Hotel, utilized arsenic an instrumentality for committing assorted illicit cause and harmful chemic activities.’’