NDLEA re-arrests wanted drug kingpin seven years after escape from prison

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has re-arrested a drug lord, Ibrahim Momoh, who is also known as Ibrahim Bendel, seven years after he escaped from prison custody.

The arrest occurred during a raid on Momoh’s hideout at Filin Dabo in the Dei-Dei area of the Federal Capital Territory.

The Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, shared this on their Facebook page on Sunday.

Momoh, a major distributor of illicit substances within the FCT, was initially arrested on November 27, 2014, with 385.1 kilograms of cannabis sativa.

He was convicted and sentenced to seven and a half years in prison on July 22, 2015. However, he escaped Kuje prison on May 16, 2016, while serving his sentence.

The statement in part said, “Seven years after he escaped from prison custody following his conviction for drug dealing, a notorious major distributor of illicit substances within the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Ibrahim Momoh, popularly known as Ibrahim Bendel, has been 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.

“Ibrahim Momoh was first arrested on November 27, 2014, with cannabis sativa weighing 385.1 kg, prosecuted, convicted, and sentenced to seven and a half years in prison on July 22, 2015, but while serving his jail term at Kuje, he escaped from prison custody on May 16, 2016.

Following credible intelligence, NDLEA operatives stormed the warehouse of the fleeing ex-convict, Ibrahim Momoh, on November 20, 2022, and recovered 81 jumbo bags of cannabis weighing 1,278 kg. The store was located within his poultry farm in the 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. The agency, after that, declared Ibrahim Momoh wanted.