After fleeing abroad for months to evade arrest, the founder and General Overseer of The Turn of Mercy Church, Prophet Adefolusho Aanu Olasele (alias Abbas Ajakaiye), has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for orchestrating multiple shipments of illicit drugs into Nigeria.
Prophet Adefolusho was arrested at his church located in Okun Ajah, Ogombo Road, Lekki area of Lagos on Sunday, 3rd August 2025, by NDLEA
The officers waited for him to conclude his Sunday worship service, in the morning, and by evening before moving in on him the moment he stepped out of the church premises.
The general overseer had earlier evaded arrest twice and fled to Ghana to hide since June when operatives started trailing him following the seizure of two shipments of Ghana Loud, a strain of cannabis linked to him, Femi Babafemi, NDLEA spokesman revealed in a statement on Sunday.
The first seizure of 200kg of the psychoactive substance was made at Okun Ajah beach on 4th June 2025. Another consignment of 700kg of the same substance was recovered from his delivery van on 6th July 2025.
In his statement, he admitted bringing the illicit consignments through the waterways from Ghana into Nigeria, admitting that he had fled to the West African country to hide after he escaped arrest twice in the recent past.
