The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arraigned luxury lifestyle influencer Afolabi Kazeem Michael, popularly known as KC Luxury, and two alleged accomplices over the attempted export of 184.5kg of cocaine to the United Kingdom.
Michael was arraigned alongside Boniface Freeman Ochoche Sule and Ikechukwu Ekugo Patriarch before Justice Ayokunle Olayinka Faji of the Federal High Court in Lagos on a 22-count charge bordering on cocaine trafficking, illegal export of narcotics and money laundering.
The three defendants were accused of conspiring between July 28 and August 1, 2026, to export 184.5kg of cocaine concealed in five consignments through a Lagos-based courier logistics company to London.
They pleaded not guilty to all 22 counts when the charges were read to them.
The case, marked FHC/LAG/CR/755/2026, also involves Atandare Oladipupo Oluwarotimi and Latifat Yusuf, who the NDLEA said had already been arrested in London in connection with the alleged drug shipment.
According to the charge sheet, the cocaine was concealed in five consignments bearing Airway Bill Numbers 2079998314, 8224082370, 2079973571, 7181131742 and 2211893902, with “Yemi Ejide” listed as the shipper.
The prosecution alleged that Sule procured Ekugo to facilitate the shipment, while Michael allegedly recruited a staff member of BOT Express Logistics on Lagos Island to process the consignments.
Michael was also accused of unlawfully possessing the cocaine in preparation for its export.
The charge sheet further alleged that N13.2 million was transferred from the Zenith Bank account of Mallamawa Ventures to BOT Express Logistics as payment for the shipment.
Sixteen of the 22 counts relate to alleged money laundering. The NDLEA accused Michael of moving several billions of naira through a network of companies and personal bank accounts, including Mallamawa Ventures, Fateey Man Multi-Purpose Nigeria Limited, Patonifa Limited, Ade-Lak Resources, Holmestas Global Services Limited and La Capital Enterprises.
The agency alleged that proceeds from the suspected illicit trade were used to acquire motor vehicles and landed properties in an attempt to conceal their origin.
Michael was also accused of failing to declare his assets to the NDLEA as required by law.
During Friday’s proceedings, NDLEA prosecutor Abu Ibrahim opposed the defendants’ bail applications and urged the court to remand them pending trial, citing the seriousness of the alleged offences.
Justice Faji subsequently ordered that the three defendants be remanded in the NDLEA’s custody and adjourned the matter to October 4, 2026, for ruling on their bail applications.
Michael, who is also known by the aliases KayCee Luxury, KayCee Lux, KC, Mr. Luxury and Yemi Ejide, was arrested by NDLEA operatives on the night of August 13, 2026, while allegedly attempting to leave Nigeria on a business-class flight to Paris from the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos.
His arrest followed the interception of the 184.5kg cocaine consignment, which the NDLEA estimated to be worth about N39 billion.
The agency subsequently searched his Banana Island residence, where it said exotic vehicles, foreign currencies and jewellery suspected to be proceeds of illicit activities were recovered.
The first count alleges that Michael, Sule and Patriarch conspired with Oluwarotimi and Yusuf to export the 184.5kg of cocaine contained in the five consignments to the United Kingdom, contrary to Section 14(b) of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency Act.