Wanted ex-beauty queen surrenders to NDLEA after hiding for 8 months

A former beauty queen declared wanted by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Aderinoye Queen Christmas, also known as Queen Oluwadamilola Aderinoye, has surrendered to the Lagos State Command of the anti-drug agency after about eight months in hiding.

The NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, announced this in a statement on Sunday, September 1, 2024.

Aderinoye was declared wanted by the NDLEA in January 2024 after she escaped from her residence in the Lekki area of Lagos when the anti-narcotic operatives raided her apartment on January 24 following intelligence she deals in illicit substances.

The suspect was Miss Commonwealth Nigeria Culture 2015/2016 and founder of Queen Christmas Foundation.

Ex-beauty queen

Babafemi listed items recovered from the former beauty queen’s home during the search witnessed by the estate officials to include 606 grams of Canadian Loud (a synthetic strain of cannabis), an electronic weighing scale, large quantities of drugs packing plastics, a black RAV 4 SUV marked Lagos KSF 872 GQ, and her picture frame, among others.

NDLEA declares ex-beauty queen wanted for drug dealing

He said Aderinoye who claimed she has been hiding in Akure, the Ondo State capital, since January when she escaped arrest in the Lekki area of Lagos State surrendered to the NDLEA on Wednesday, August 28.

Babafemi further stated that 1,122 kilograms of cannabis were seized from a suspect, Mustapha Ibrahim, when he was arrested along Orchid Road in Ajah, Lagos State, on Monday, August 26.

The NDLEA spokesman disclosed that 816kg of the same psychoactive substance belonging to a suspect at large was recovered from the same location on Monday.

In his response to the latest seizures and arrests, the NDLEA Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, Brig.-Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Rtd), commended the anti-narcotic officers for their vigilance and professionalism.

Marwa equally applauded the NDLEA operatives across the country for their diligence and balance in their drug demand reduction and drug supply reduction efforts.

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