The two wives of a community leader, Asma’u Bashiru and Hauwa Bashiru, alongside his son, Sadat Bashiru, have been arrested by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, for drug trafficking in Lagos.

The spokesperson for the agency, Femi Babafemi, who disclosed this in a statement on Sunday, September 22, said the community, Sarkin Yamma of Badagry West LCDA, Bashir Mohammed Talba, is on the run while a total of 226kg of cannabis were recovered from the trio.

“NDLEA operatives in Lagos on Wednesday 18th September raided the two homes of a community leader and Sarkin Yamma of Badagry West LCDA, Alhaji Bashir Mohammed Talba, where a total of 226kg of cannabis was recovered from his two wives and son,” the statement read.

“Though Alhaji Talba is currently at large, a search of his house in Ashipa area of Seme Badagry led to the recovery of 93 compressed blocks of cannabis sativa weighing 57.6kg from his first wife, Asma’u Bashiru, 35, and son, Sadat Bashiru, 22, while another search of his house at Aketegbo area of Seme Badagry led to the seizure of 302 compressed blocks of cannabis weighing 168.6kg from his second wife Hauwa Bashiru, 42.”