By The daily Torch media.
The founder and General Overseer of The Turn of Mercy Church, Prophet Adefolusho Aanu Olasele, also known as Abbas Ajakaiye, has been arrested by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for masterminding multiple shipments of illicit drugs into Nigeria. After months of evading arrest and fleeing abroad.
Prophet Adefolusho was apprehended at his church in Okun Ajah, Ogombo Road, Lekki, Lagos, on Sunday, August 3, 2024.
According to a statement signed by Femi Babafemi, Director of Media and Advocacy at NDLEA, the agency had been tracking the cleric since June, following the seizure of two shipments of Ghana Loud, a strain of cannabis linked to him.
The first seizure of 200kg was made at Okun Ajah beach on June 4, 2024, while another 700kg consignment was recovered from his delivery van on July 6, 2024.
During interrogation, Prophet Adefolusho admitted to ferrying the illicit consignments from Ghana into Nigeria through waterways. He also confessed to fleeing to Ghana to evade arrest after escaping NDLEA operatives twice in the past.
