An 80-year-old grandfather, Pa Aremu Shojobi, has been arrested by the operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency with 14 kilograms of cannabis.
Shojobi confessed to having been selling illicit drugs in the last 25 years, according to a statement on Sunday by the agency’s spokesman, Femi Babafemi.
The agency stated that the suspect got the drugs from Benin Republic.
Babafemi said, “Operatives of the Lagos State Strategic Command of the Agency on Friday, September 20, arrested an 80-year-old grandfather, Pa Aremu Shojobi, with 14 kilograms of cannabis at his home in the Iyana Ipaja area of the state. In his statement, the octogenarian claimed he had been in the business of selling illicit drugs for 25 years. He further claimed he got his supplies from the Benin Republic and sold to his customers from his residence between 7 am and 10 pm daily.”
