Popular Lagos socialite Pretty Mike and former Big Brother Naija housemate Tuoyo have been arrested by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).
The development was revealed in a statement issued on Sunday, where the agency disclosed that over a 100 guests were also apprehended during a midnight raid of Proxy Nightclub, Victoria Island, Lagos.
NDLEA Director of Media and Publicity, Femi Babafemi, said cartons of banned substances, including Loud and laughing gas, were recovered from the venue during the operation.
“Over 100 suspects, including the owner of the club, Mike Eze Nwalie Nwogu, alias Pretty Mike, were arrested and taken into custody for screening.
“Cartons of illicit substances, including Loud and laughing gas, were recovered from suspects at the party and the club’s store.
“The raid followed intelligence about the drug party. NDLEA operatives who were embedded in the party between 11 pm on Saturday, 25th October, however, disrupted the gathering at 3 am on Sunday, 26th October based on Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs),” the statement reads.
The arrest was confirmed by Tuoyo who took to his Instagram page, writing, “I have been arrested by the NDLEA from a night club in Lagos for basically doing nothing at all since around 4 am, they made us sit down like criminals, we over 150 people here up till now, that were carried to NDLEA head quarters Ikoyi, we didn’t commit any crime, they came with guns inside and the club and told everyone to lie down.”
