By Kingsley Omonobi
LAGOS — The Federal High Court in Lagos has granted the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) a 30-day extension of the detention of social media influencer and businessman, Afolabi Kazeem Michael, popularly known as KC Luxury, over his alleged involvement in a 184.5-kilogramme cocaine seizure.
Justice Akintayo Aluko granted the request on August 20, following an application by the NDLEA for additional time to investigate Kazeem’s alleged involvement in the drug trafficking case.
The application was filed a day after Kazeem was taken into custody, according to a certified true copy of the enrolled order seen by Vanguard on Thursday.
The court also granted an interim order preserving funds in Kazeem’s Providus Bank account number 4005905755 and other accounts linked to his Bank Verification Number, BVN.
The funds are to remain preserved pending the conclusion of the investigation and/or prosecution.
The judge adjourned the matter until September 17, 2026, for the NDLEA to report on the progress of its investigation.
The court stated in the enrolment order: “That this case is adjourned to the 17th day of September, 2026 for report of investigation.”
Kazeem’s arrest followed the NDLEA’s seizure of 184.5 kilogrammes of cocaine on August 3 at a DHL facility within the premises of the Nigerian Aviation Handling Company, NAHCO, in Ikeja, Lagos.
The agency valued the consignment at about N39 billion and described it as its largest cocaine interception through a courier company in Nigeria.
According to the NDLEA, its operatives and investigators traced the shipment to an international trafficking network allegedly moving cocaine from South America through Nigeria to the United Kingdom, Europe and Asia.
The agency identified Kazeem as the alleged Nigerian “arrowhead” of the network, saying he was arrested on August 13 at the boarding gate of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, while preparing to travel to Paris.
The Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the NDLEA, Brig.-Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (retd.), said intelligence available to the agency indicated that Kazeem was travelling on a business-class ticket.
The agency also said operatives recovered €7,750, £2,800 and N100,000 in cash, alongside expensive jewellery, from him.
It added that a subsequent search of his luxury apartment in Banana Island led to the recovery of exotic vehicles and other assets.
The NDLEA alleged that Kazeem used his business interests in gold, jewellery and luxury goods to conceal his alleged role in the trafficking network.
Marwa said the investigation had also uncovered the use of false identities, financial facilitators and contacts in the United Kingdom, adding that some suspects linked to the network had been arrested by law enforcement authorities abroad.
The NDLEA’s application for the detention extension was supported by an affidavit sworn to by an agency officer, Okonkwo Ebuka Anthony, and represented in court by Okon Nora.
Kazeem remains presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty by a court of law.
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