Sunday Joshua (De-General)
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), on Wednesday morning arrested a popular Instagram comedian Sunday Joshua, popularly known as De-General.
His arrest according to a statement by NDLEA follows the raid of a notorious drug joint at orchid estate, in the lekki area of Lagos State.
The statement added that illicit drug exhibits including cannabis sativa, tramadol 225mg and some paraphernalia for drug use were found in his house.
Narcotic officers stormed the drug joint in the estate, where three suspects were arrested with illicit drugs including 200 sachets of 225mg Tramadol and 1.5kg of cannabis sativa. In the course of the operation, some persons including the suspected dealer ran away with bags suspected to contain exhibits.
A trail showed they ran into a house located at 2B saula Akinlolu way, Orchid estate, which is the home of 22 years old Sunday Joshua (DE-GENERAL).
The search led to the recovery of drug exhibits including cannabis sativa, tramadol 225mg and some paraphernalia for drug use. This was after the suspect had requested to record on video the search, which the officers out if a sense of civility allowed.
The video trending on social media was the moment the suspect and his friends decided to disrupt the bid to conduct a search of the house.
The agency added that the comedian in his confessional statement while in custody admitted ownership of the drugs recovered from his house.
