NDLEA Arrests Fugitive Church General Overseer Indicted Of Cross-Border Drug Trafficking

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has dealt a significant blow to international drug trafficking with the arrest of Prophet Adefolusho Aanu Olasele, also known as Abbas Ajakaiye, founder and General Overseer of The Turn of Mercy Church.

Olasele, who had been on the run for months to evade arrest, is believed to be the mastermind behind multiple illegal drug shipments into Nigeria.

NDLEA operatives apprehended him at his church in Lekki, Lagos, on Sunday, August 3.

The arrest was confirmed in a statement emailed to Persecondnews on Sunday, August 10, by the agency’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Mr. Femi Babafemi.

The statement reads: “The arrest came after he had evaded arrest twice and fled to Ghana to hide since June when operatives started trailing him following the seizure of two shipments of Ghana Loud, a strain of cannabis linked to him.

“The first seizure of 200kg of the psychoactive substance was made at Okun Ajah beach on June 4, 2025 while another consignment of 700kg of same substance was recovered from his delivery van on July 6, 2025.

“In his statement, he admitted ferrying the illicit consignments through the waterways from Ghana into Nigeria, adding that he had fled to the West African country to hide after he escaped arrest twice in the recent past.

Agency Report