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Reference ID	Created	Released	Classification	Origin
10LAGOS53	2010-02-09 10:22	2011-08-30 01:44	UNCLASSIFIED	Consulate Lagos

VZCZCXYZ0004
RR RUEHWEB

DE RUEHOS #0053/01 0421129
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 091022Z FEB 10 ZDK
FM AMCONSUL LAGOS
TO RUEABND/DEA HQS WASHINGTON DC
RUEABNE/EPIC EL PASO TX
RUEHBO/AMEMBASSY BOGOTA
RUEHPE/AMEMBASSY LIMA
RUEHQT/AMEMBASSY QUITO
RUEHRO/AMEMBASSY ROME 0001
RUEHSO/AMCONSUL SAO PAULO

UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 05 LAGOS 000053 
 
SIPDIS 
ATTN: DEA HQ OGE/ MENDOSA/WAGNER 
SOD/ABBOTT/GILMER 
NCTE/UPP-THOPMPSON/GOTCHALL 
ROME CO/BENSON/MAY/O???BRIEN 
LIMA/STENKAMP 
WILSON, K/ POIST 
BOGOTA CO/RD BERGMAN 
QUITO CO/GOLDBERG/CUNDITH. 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: SNAR DEA
SUBJECT: DEBRIEFING OF CS-07-125859 ON FEBRUARY 1, 2010. 
 
REF: GFXL-07-8001 SFIP AFRICAN FRONTIER; UP-10-0004 WOLEX ET AL 
GFUP-09-4001 SEA RELIANCE; ZQ-10-0020 CHINYELUGO, IKECHUKWA JOSEPH 
UP-06-0007 AKINDELE, OKUMOLUYI; CS-07-125859 
 
LAGOS 00000053  001.2 OF 005 
 
 
DRUG RELATED INFORMATION 
 
 
 
¶1. THE LAGOS CO DEBRIEFED CS-07-125859 (CS) REGARDING THE 
 
ACTIVITIES OF NIGERIAN TRAFFICKERS OPERATING IN SOUTH 
 
AMERICA. NIFGERIAN NATIONAL WOLEX AND ASSOCIATES ARE 
 
CURRENTLY COORDINATING THE MARITIME AND AIR CARGO 
 
SMUGGLING OF LARGE QUANTITIES OF COCAINE FROM SOUTH 
 
AMERICA TO WEST AFRICA AND THE LAUNDERING OF DUG 
 
PROCEEDS. 
 
 
 
¶2. DURING THE LAST MONTHS OF 2009 TO FEBRUARY 2010, CS- 
 
07-125859 (CS) HAS BEEN IN CONTACT WITH NIGERIAN DRUG 
 
TRAFFICKERS WHO HAVE ESTABLISHED COCAINE SMUGGLING 
 
ROUTES FROM QUITO, ECUADOR AND OTHER COUNTRIES IN 
 
SOUTH AMERICA THROUGH BRAZIL INTO WEST AFRICA, 
 
UTILIZING DIFFERENT METHODS, INCLUDING MARITIME 
 
SMUGGLING AND AIRPORT CARGO LOADS. (OAF-C01-UP-10; 
 
OAF-E02/E03-UP-10) 
 
 
 
¶3. NIGERIAN TRAFFICKER, KNOWN ONLY AS IDOWU, IS CURRENTLY 
 
RESIDING IN QUITO, ECUADOR, USING CELL PHONE NUMBER 
 
+593-8099-0198. IDOWU WAS A PARTNER OF DECEASED 
 
NIGERIAN DRUG TRAFFICKER, ABUGA, OLATUNJI LUKMON. 
 
ABUGA WAS KILLED IN 2007 BY UNIDENTIFIED DRUG 
 
TRAFFICKERS IN NIGERIA. THE CS EXPLAINED THAT IDOWU 
 
RELOCATED TO ECUADOR RIGHT AFTER ABUGA WAS KILLED. 
 
FROM ECUADOR, IDOWU NETWORKS WITH OTHER NIGERIAN DRUG 
 
TRAFFICKERS THAT ARE ESTABLISHED IN SOUTH AMERICA. 
 
RECENTLY, IDOWU TRAVELED TO VENEZUELA TO COORDINATE 
 
WITH OTHER NIGERIAN TRAFFICKERS FOR THE SHIPMENT OF 
 
COCAINE LOADS. IDOWU HAS INVITED THE CS TO ECUADOR TO 
 
MEET WITH IDOWU AND HIS ASSOCIATES IN SOUTH AMERICA, 
 
TO FURTHER EXPAND HIS DRUG SMUGGLING OPERATIONS. 
 
THERE ARE NO VISA REQUIREMENTS FOR NIGERIANS TO ENTER 
 
LAGOS 00000053  002.2 OF 005 
 
 
ECUADOR. THE VISA WAIVER POLICY MAKES IT EASIER FOR 
 
FREE MOVEMENT OF NIGERIANS INTO ECUADOR. THE CS ALSO 
 
STATED THAT IDOWU COORDINATES SHIPMENTS OF UNKNOWN 
 
QUANTITIES OF COCAINE FROM ECUADOR THROUGH SOUTH 
 
AFRICA. (AOF-A05-UP-10; AOF-B00-UP-10) 
 
 
 
¶4. ANOTHER NIGERIAN TRAFFICKER ONLY KNOWN AS MUDA HAS 
 
ESTABLISHED HIS DRUG SMUGGLING OPERATIONS IN 
 
VENEZUELA. MUDA VISITED LAGOS, NIGERIA IN LATE 2009 
 
FOR THE OPENING OF HIS (MUDA'S) HOTEL NAMED CARACAS, 
 
LOCATED IN ONIKE, YABA - LAGOS, NIGERIA. THE CS STATED 
 
THAT AT THE CEREMONY WAS AKINDELE, OKUMOLUYI, A 
 
NIGERIAN DRUG TRAFFICKER WHO WAS RECENTLY RELEASED 
 
FROM PRISON AFTER SERVING A FOUR-YEAR SENTENCE FOR 
 
DRUG RELATED CHARGES. MUDA AND AKINDELE WERE 
 
ASSOCIATES BEFORE AKINDELE WAS ARRESTED. DURING HIS 
 
STAY IN NIGERIA FOR THE HOTEL OPENING, MUDA ALLEGEDLY 
 
PROVIDED AKINDELE WITH AN INFINITE SUV AND 15 MILLION 
 
NAIRA (NIGERIAN CURRENCY, APPROXIMATELY $10,000 US 
 
CURRENCY) TO BEGIN HIS DRUG SMUGGLING VENTURES. THE CS 
 
REPORTED THAT RECENTLY AKINDELE HAD RELOCATED TO 
 
VENEZUELA TO SET UP ROUTES FROM VENEZUELA TO WEST 
 
AFRICA. (AOF-A05-UP-10; AOF-E00-UP-10) 
 
 
 
¶5. DURING MUDA'S STAY IN NIGERIA, MUDA MET WITH THE CS. 
 
THE CS STATED THAT MUDA WORKS WITH NIGERIAN DRUG 
 
TRAFFICKER ONLY KNOWN AS WOLEX AND THAT THEY 
 
COORDINATE MARITIME TRANSPORTATION OF LARGE QUANTITIES 
 
OF COCAINE FROM SOUTH AMERICA TO WEST AFRICA. THE CS 
 
STATED THAT WOLEX HAS A HOUSE IN VENEZUELA AND THAT HE 
 
(WOLEX) TRAVELS BETWEEN ECUADOR AND VENEZUELA TO 
 
CONDUCT DRUG SMUGGLING VENTURES. (AOF-A05-UP-10; AOFC01- 
 
UP-10; AOF-E02-UP-10) 
 
 
 
¶6. ON JANUARY 21, 2010, WOLEX CONTACTED THE CS. WOLEX IS 
 
CURRENTLY IN SAO PAOLO, BRAZIL, UTILIZING CELL PHONE 
 
NUMBER +55-1181406568. WOLEX ASKED THE CS IF THE CS 
 
WILL BE WILLING TO TRAVEL TO ECUADOR. THE CS REPLIED 
 
LAGOS 00000053  003.2 OF 005 
 
 
THAT AS SOON THE CS FINISHES HIS/HER AFFAIRS. WOLEX 
 
ASKED THE CS TO CONTACT ONE OF WOLEX'S ASSOCIATES IN 
 
LAGOS, NIGERIA, ALHAJI ISMALA AND PROVIDED A CELL 
 
PHONE NUMBER FOR ISMALA +234-807-702-2490. (AOF-B00- 
 
UP-10) 
 
 
 
¶7. ON JANUARY 22, 2010, THE CS MET WITH ISMALA IN LAGOS, 
 
NIGERIA. ISMALA ASKED THE CS TO MEET HIM AT HIS 
 
RESIDENCE, NO. 9 ALHAJI LATEFF SHOFOWORA GBAGADA, 
 
LAGOS ESTATE, LAGOS, NIGERIA. THE CS DESCRIBED ISMALA 
 
AS A BLACK MALE, APPROXIMATELY 45 YOA, ABOUT 5'6" AND 
 
150 LBS. THE CS STATED THAT ISMALA IS A MUSLIM. THE CS 
 
DESCRIBED THE DWELLING AS LOCATED AT THE END OF A DIRT 
 
ROAD, BEHIND A METAL GREEN COLORED GATE. THE UPPER 
 
PART OF THE DWELLING HAS GREEN MOLDED LETTERS ON THE 
 
WALL THAT READS "OLA MOTHER", WHICH IN YORUBA LANGUAGE 
 
MEANS "WEALTH MOTHER". THE CS FURTHER STATED THAT THE 
 
RESIDENCE HAS GREEN TRIMMING. DURING THE MEETING, 
 
ISMALA TOLD THE CS THAT HE (ISMALA) HAD TRAVELED AT 
 
LEAST TWO TIMES TO ECUADOR AND VENEZUELA. ISMALA 
 
FURTHER TOLD THE CS THAT HE (ISMALA) WORKS WITH WOLEX 
 
AND THEY HAVE THREE MARITIME VESSELS IN NIGERIA THAT 
 
THEY UTILIZE TO TRANSPORT LOADS OF COCAINE INTO WEST 
 
AFRICA. ISMALA ASKED THE CS THAT WHEN THE CS TRAVELS 
 
TO ECUADOR TO TAKE A RING (HAND JEWELRY) FOR WOLEX. 
 
THE CS AGREED AND TOLD ISMALA THAT THEY WILL BE IN 
 
CONTACT BEFORE THE CS TRAVELS TO ECUADOR. (AOF-A05-UP- 
 
10) 
 
 
 
NON-DRUG RELATED INFORMATION 
 
 
 
¶8. THE CS DID NOT PROVIDE ANY NON-DRUG RELATED 
 
INFORMATION. 
 
 
 
FINANCIAL INFORMATION 
 
 
 
¶9. THE CS DID NOT PROVIDE ANY FINANCIAL RELATED 
 
INFORMATION. 
 
LAGOS 00000053  004 OF 005 
 
 
TERRORIST INFORMATION 
 
 
 
¶10. THE CS DID NOT PROVIDE ANY TERRORIST RELATED 
 
INFORMATION. 
 
 
 
¶11. THE LAGOS CO HAD SUBMITTED THE ABOVE LISTED 
 
TELEPHONE NUMBERS TO THE DEA DARTS SYSTEM UNDER UP-10- 
 
0004 AND GFUP-09-4001. PLEASE INCLUDE THE LAGOS CO ON 
 
ALL ACTION RESPONSES SO THE INVESTIGATION CAN BE 
 
JOINTLY COORDINATED. 
 
 
 
¶12. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DEA AGENTS MANUAL SECTION 
 
6242.11, THIS TELETYPE WAS PREPARED IN LIEU OF A DEA- 
 
6, REPORT OF INVESTIGATION. PLEASE DIRECT ANY 
 
QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE INFORMATION IN THIS CABLE TO 
 
COUNTRY ATTACHC0 SAM GAYE, SA VINCE CARPIO OR SA 
 
ANNELIESE CARPIO AT THE LAGOS CO, +234-1460-3440. 
 
 
 
INDEXING SECTION 
 
 
 
¶1. WOLEX - NADDIS 7033188 - AKA RICKY WOLASTON, NIGERIAN 
 
MALE RESIDING IN QUITO, ECUADOR AND SAO PAOLO, BRAZIL. 
 
ECUADOR CELL PHONE NUMBERS +593-8465-8223; BRAZIL CELL 
 
PHONE NUMBER +55-1181406568. E-MAIL ACCOUNT 
 
MARIWOL2007@YAHOO.COM. PER CS, CONTROLS MOVEMENT OF 
 
THE MV SEA RELIANCE TO FACILITATE THE TRANSPORTATION 
 
OF COCAINE FROM SOUTH AMERICA TO THE WEST COAST OF 
 
AFRICA. 
 
 
 
¶2. ABUGA, OLATUNJI LUKMON - NADDIS 5132426 - DECEASED. 
 
 
 
¶3. IDOWU - NADDIS INCONCLUSIVE - NIGERIAN TRAFFICKER 
 
BASED IN QUITO, ECUADOR, CELL PHONE NUMBER 011-593- 
 
8099-0198. 
 
 
 
¶4. MUDA - NADDIS INCONCLUSIVE - NIGERIAN TRAFFICKER BASED 
 
IN VENEZUELA, ASSOCIATED WITH WOLEX (NN 7033188). 
 
LAGOS 00000053  005.2 OF 005 
 
 
OWNER OF THE HOTEL CARACAS IN ONIKE, YABA-LAGOS. 
 
 
 
¶5. AKINDELE, OKUMOLUYI - NADDIS 6259817 - NIGERIAN 
 
TRAFFICKER RECENTLY RELEASED FROM NIGERIAN PRISON FOR 
 
DRUG RELATED CHARGES, ASSOCIATED WITH MUDA AND WOLEX 
 
(NN7033188), RECENTLY RELOCATED TO VENEZUELA. 
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