Two Mexican nationals and four Nigerians have been arraigned earlier than a Federal High Court in Ibadan over an alleged try to ascertain a methamphetamine manufacturing operation in Oyo State.
The six defendants appeared earlier than Justice Nkeonye Evelyn Maha following their arrest in reference to an unlawful drug laboratory uncovered in a wooded space of Tapa village, Ibarapa North Local Government Area.
The Nigerians are Maxwell Uche Nevoh, 30; Olatunji Yusuf, 37; Bankole Akeem Owolabi, 45; and Ganiu Monsiu, 43. They have been arrested alongside 56-year-old Mexican nationwide Jose Villa Ochoa throughout a National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, operation on 17 June 2026.
The second Mexican suspect, recognized as 40-year-old Carrera Loaiza Arturo, was apprehended on 19 August at Lagos airport whereas allegedly trying to go away Nigeria.
The NDLEA disclosed the event in an announcement launched on Friday by its Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi.
According to the company, the defendants are going through four counts bordering on conspiracy to ascertain and run a drug trafficking community and establishing an unlawful facility for the manufacturing of methamphetamine.
The costs relate to alleged actions carried out at totally different areas in Lagos and Oyo states between December 2025 and June 2026.
They have been additionally accused of transferring and distributing chemical substances meant for the manufacturing of the prohibited drug, an offence underneath Section 20(1)(f), punishable underneath Section 20(2)(a) of the NDLEA Act.
The six defendants denied the allegations when the fees have been learn to them in languages they understood.
Justice Maha subsequently ordered that they be remanded on the Correctional Centre in Ibadan pending additional proceedings.
The courtroom fastened 26 to 29 January 2027 for the graduation of their trial.
