Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested a wanted drug Kingpin and Lagos socialite, Alhaja Aishatu Feyisara Ajoke Elediye, on Wednesday, January 1, 2025, at her mansion in the Okota area of Lagos, following the interception of a truckload of illicit drug consignment from her staff same day.
A statement by the agency’s spokesperson, Femi Babafemi on Sunday, January 5, said the 61-year-old Alhaja Ajoke who is known as “Iya Ruka” in the underworld had her true identity shrouded in mystery for years while she remained on the wanted list of the NDLEA for leading one of the drug cartels operating from the Mushin area of Lagos.
Alhaja Ajoke, who is a businesswoman who imports fabrics and shoes from China the surface but a massive drug dealer beneath had her lid blown off her invincibility on it Wednesday, January 1, 2025, when NDLEA operatives intercepted a white Izuzu Truck carrying 44 jumbo sacks containing 1,540 kilograms of imported cannabis and driven by one of her staff, Abideen Adio, 41.
Thereafter, the operatives stormed her hideout at 33 Adebayo Oyewole Street, off Ago Palace Way, Okota Lagos, where she was arrested.
