Court Remands Social Media Influencer KC Luxury, Two Others In NDLEA Custody Over Alleged 185kg Cocaine Shipment
Court Remands Social Media Influencer KC Luxury, Two Others In NDLEA Custody Over Alleged 185kg Cocaine Shipment
The three defendants pleaded not guilty to the charges brought against them by the NDLEA.
AFederal High Court sitting in Lagos has remanded social media influencer and luxury goods dealer, Afolabi Michael Kazeem, popularly known as KC Luxury, and two others in the custody of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) over alleged trafficking of 184.5 kilogrammes of cocaine.
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The court also fixed October 2, 2026, to rule on the bail applications filed by the defendants.
Kazeem, 49, was arraigned alongside Boniface Sule and Ikechukwu Ekugo before the Federal High Court in Lagos on Friday over their alleged involvement in the trafficking of the cocaine consignment.
The three defendants pleaded not guilty to the charges brought against them by the NDLEA.
The case followed the seizure of 184.5kg of cocaine at a DHL facility in Ikeja, Lagos, on August 3, 2026. The NDLEA subsequently linked Kazeem to the consignment and arrested him at the departure hall of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, on August 13 while he was allegedly preparing to travel to Paris, France.
The agency had described the seizure as one of its largest cocaine interceptions involving a courier company in Nigeria. The consignment was reportedly valued by the NDLEA at about N39 billion.
Following his arrest, the NDLEA obtained an order on August 20 extending Kazeem’s detention for 30 days to enable the agency to continue its investigation into the alleged drug-trafficking activities.
Kazeem subsequently challenged the detention order before the court, arguing through his lawyer, Abdulakeem Labi-Lawal (SAN), that the Federal High Court lacked jurisdiction to extend his detention.
His counsel had contended that the remand provisions under Sections 293 to 299 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act, 2015, required a Magistrate Court to issue such an order.
The NDLEA, however, argued that the August 20 order was not a remand order under the ACJA but an extension of detention granted to allow the agency to conduct further investigations.
On September 17, Justice Akintayo Aluko dismissed Kazeem’s application challenging the detention extension, holding that the order was validly made and supported by the Constitution and relevant drug-control laws.
The judge also held that the evidence presented by the NDLEA established reasonable suspicion of a drug-related offence and that the temporary deprivation of Kazeem’s liberty was permissible under Section 35 of the Constitution.
The NDLEA had alleged that Kazeem was connected to an international cocaine-trafficking network moving cocaine from South America through Nigeria to destinations in Europe and Asia.
