The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) announced on Sunday that its operatives arrested a wanted drug kingpin and Lagos socialite, 61-year-old Alhaja Aishat Feyisara Ajoke Elediye, on Wednesday, 1st January 2025, in her mansion in the Okota area of Lagos. This followed the interception of a truckload of illicit drugs dispatched by her staff on the same day.
Spokesman for the agency, Femi Babafemi, stated, “Known in the drug underworld as ‘Iya Ruka’, Alhaja Ajoke, as she is affectionately referred to in social circles, has concealed her true identity for years while remaining on the NDLEA’s most-wanted list for leading a drug cartel operating from the Mushin area of Lagos.
“Her apparent invincibility was shattered on Wednesday, 1st January 2025, when NDLEA operatives, acting on intelligence, intercepted a white Isuzu truck carrying 44 jumbo sacks containing 1,540 kilograms of imported cannabis, driven by one of her associates, 41-year-old Abideen Adio.
“Following the interception, the operatives swiftly raided her hideout at 33 Adebayo Oyewole Street, off Ago Palace Way, Okota, where they took her into custody.
“On the surface, Alhaja Ajoke presents herself as a businesswoman who imports fabrics and shoes from China; however, beneath this façade lies a vast illicit drug operation.
“She is also recognised as the Iyalaje of Blessing Sisters, an influential club of society women in Lagos.”
