The Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered the remand of luxury-goods dealer and social-media personality Afolabi Kazeem Michael, popularly known as KC Luxury, and two other defendants over an alleged attempt to export 184.5 kilograms of cocaine to the United Kingdom.
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The other defendants are Boniface Freeman Ochoche Sule and Ikechukwu Ekugo Patriarch.
The three defendants were arraigned by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency before Justice Ayokunle Faji on a 22-count amended charge bordering on conspiracy, unlawful possession and attempted exportation of cocaine as well as money laundering.
The charge, marked FHC/LAG/CR/755/2026, had been filed earlier in the week, with independent reports confirming the defendants’ identities, the quantity of cocaine involved and the alleged payment of ₦13.2 million to facilitate the shipment.
The defendants pleaded not guilty to all the counts read to them.
According to the prosecution, the defendants allegedly conspired with Atandare Oladipupo Oluwarotimi and Latifat Yusuf, who were said to have been arrested in London, to export the cocaine between July 28 and August 1, 2026.
The NDLEA alleged that the narcotics were divided into five consignments and presented for shipment to the United Kingdom through a courier and logistics company in Lagos.
The consignments, allegedly submitted under the name “Yemi Ejide,” were said to have been processed under airway bill numbers 2079998314, 8224082370, 2079973571, 7181131742 and 2211893902 before they were intercepted.
Prosecuting counsel Abu Ibrahim alleged that KC Luxury procured employees of BOT Express Logistics on Lagos Island to process the consignments and transferred ₦13.2 million from an account operated in the name of Mallamawa Ventures as payment for the transaction.
The prosecution also alleged that Sule procured Patriarch to facilitate the exportation of the prohibited substance.
Beyond the drug-trafficking allegations, KC Luxury faces 16 money-laundering counts involving transactions allegedly conducted through several companies and bank accounts.
The companies listed in the charge reportedly include Mallamawa Ventures, Fateey Man Multi-Purpose Nigeria Limited, Patonifa Limited, Ade-Lak Resources, Holmestas Global Services Limited and La Capital Enterprises.
The NDLEA alleged that hundreds of millions of naira were transferred through the accounts, including ₦50 million, ₦790.35 million and ₦924.24 million in separate transactions.
It further alleged that ₦528.5 million and ₦1.035 billion were transferred for the purchase of motor vehicles suspected to have been acquired with proceeds of unlawful activity.
Another count accused KC Luxury of acquiring vehicles and landed properties between 2024 and August 4, 2026, while allegedly knowing or having reason to know that the assets represented proceeds of unlawful activity.
The defendant was also accused of failing to fully declare his assets to the NDLEA.
After the defendants entered their pleas, the prosecution opposed their release on bail, citing the seriousness of the allegations. Justice Faji subsequently ordered that they be kept in NDLEA custody pending the court’s ruling on their bail applications.
KC Luxury was arrested on August 13, 2026, at the boarding gate of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos while preparing to board a business-class flight to Paris.
The NDLEA had earlier identified him by several online names, including KC Luxury, KayCee Lux, Mr Luxury and Yemi Ejide, and described him as the alleged Nigerian coordinator of an international narcotics network.
The agency said the investigation began after its operatives intercepted the 184.5kg cocaine consignment at a courier facility in Lagos. It valued the shipment at approximately ₦39 billion and described it as its largest cocaine interception through a courier channel. thenigerialawyer.com
According to the NDLEA, officers recovered €7,750, £2,800, ₦100,000 and expensive jewellery during KC Luxury’s arrest. A subsequent search of his Banana Island apartment allegedly led to the recovery of exotic vehicles.
A Federal High Court had previously granted the NDLEA permission to detain him for 30 days while investigations continued. On September 17, Justice Akintayo Aluko rejected his application seeking to set aside that detention order, holding that the agency had placed sufficient material before the court to establish reasonable suspicion of a drug-related offence.
The present charge remains an allegation, and KC Luxury, Sule and Patriarch are presumed innocent until proved guilty by a court of competent jurisdiction.
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