The former beauty queen, Aderinoye Queen Christmas, who was wanted by the Lagos State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, has voluntarily turned herself in after approximately eight months of being in hiding.
The Director of Media and Advocacy of the NDLEA, Mr. Femi Babafemi, made an announcement in a statement on Sunday.
Former Beauty Queen Turns Herself In To The NDLEA After Eight Months
The individual in question, known as Oluwadamilola Aderinoye, was officially declared as a person of interest by the relevant authorities in January of this year. This action was taken due to her departure from her residence situated in Lekki, Lagos State.
The arrest was a result of a raid conducted by NDLEA operatives on her apartment at Oral Estate on January 24, 2024. The raid was based on reliable information indicating her involvement in the illicit drug trade.
“The suspect was Miss Commonwealth Nigeria Culture 2015/2016 and the founder of Queen Christmas Foundation,” Babafemi stated.
“Recovered from her home during the search witnessed by the estate officials include 606 grams of Canadian Loud, a synthetic strain of cannabis, an electronic weighing scale, large quantities of drugs packing plastics, a black RAV 4 SUV marked Lagos KSF 872 GQ, and her picture frame among others.
“The suspect who claimed she has been hiding in Akure Ondo state since January when she escaped arrest in Lekki Lagos however surrendered to the Agency on Wednesday 28th August.”
The agency also intercepted hard drugs worth N17.9 billion in major operations in Lagos and Rivers States.
The hard drugs intercepted at the Onne and Tincan seaports were a total of 31,124,600 pills of tramadol 225mg and bottles of codeine-based syrup.