NDLEA arrests popular skit maker,De General over drug possession

 

Nigeria skit maker, Sunday Joshua, popularly known as De General has admitted to owning tramadol and cannabis drug exhibits found in his home, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has revealed.

 

De General was born on 15th March 1999 in Obio akpor local government in boru camp Port Harcourt, Rivers state.

He hails from Owan East, Edo State. He is a comedian and an actor.

 

He was arrested by operatives of the NDLEA on Wednesday morning at Orchid estate, Lekki area of Lagos state.

 

The operatives found illicit drug exhibits including cannabis sativa, tramadol 225mg and some paraphernalia in his home.

 

Based on credible intelligence, the NDLEA officers stormed the drug joint in the estate, where three suspects were arrested with illicit drugs including 200 sachets of 225mg Tramadol and 1.5 kilograms of Cannabis Sativa.

 

 

In the course of the operation, some persons including the suspected dealer ran away with bags suspected to contain exhibits.

 

A trail showed they ran into a house located at 2B Saula Akinlolu way, Orchid estate, the residence of the skit maker De General.The young men started to make noise to prevent a search.

 

“The operatives introduced themselves as officers of NDLEA and submitted themselves for search before entry. This was done and a search was conducted. The search led to the recovery of drug exhibits.

 

 

This was after the suspect had requested to record on video the search which the officers out of a sense of civility allowed. The skit maker was arrested after he was found in possession of illicit drugs.

 

The comedian in his confessional statement while in custody admitted ownership of the drugs recovered from his house

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