Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have arrested a 101-year-old great-grandmother for dealing in illicit drugs.
The great-grandmother, identified as Esther Ogunmabo, was arrested in Ilisan, Ogun State, with retail sachets of skunk, a strain of cannabis, weighing 90 grammes, which she claimed she sold to locals.
A statement on Sunday by the agency’s spokesman, Femi Babafemi, said the centenarian told operatives that she started engaging in illicit drug trade after her provisions shop was razed by fire.
The NDLEA said operatives arrested Ogunmabo on Saturday, August 15, 2026, with the 90 grammes of skunk, which she allegedly sold in bits to residents.
The agency said the centenarian told operatives that she resorted to the illicit drug trade after her provisions shop was razed by fire.
She also told the operatives that one of her daughters, who resides in Lagos, arranged the supply of the substance to her every four days, which she sold in bits.
Babafemi said the Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa (retd.), directed that the suspect be granted bail and placed on counselling because of her advanced age, while her daughter had been arrested.
