Two people, Sheyi Alaba and Ayodeji Ajayi, have been taken into custody by the Ekiti State Agro Marshalls on suspicion of possessing and dealing in illegal substances.
According to Mr. Olamide Oni, Commander of the Corps, Ajayi is accused of dealing in Colorado, cocaine, heroin, and Indian hemp, while Alaba is thought to specialize in that trade.
Retired Commissioner of Police Oni reported that Ajayi was taken into custody at Adebabayo on May 29.
After being questioned, Ayodeji claimed to have been sent by a woman named Eya Iyin, who had given him drugs valued at N700,000. At the time of his detention, he had sold about N46,000 worth of the illegal substances, the statement reads.
The suspect, Ayodeji, a betting host who went as Babaejebu, said that he had never sold narcotics before because Eya Iyin had given them to him and that he knew very little about the industry.
Alaba was taken into custody in the Agric Olope, Ado-Ekiti, forest area.
Alaba, however, told reporters that he had never smoked before and that he had only recently gone to the jungle area to smoke.
According to the commander, the police would take over the suspects for additional inquiry and prosecution.
