The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Friday 25th September 2026, arraigned Afolabi Kazeem Michael, popularly known as KC Luxury, and two other accomplices, Boniface Freeman Ochoche Sule and Ikechukwu Ekugo Patriarch, before Hon. Justice Musa Kakaki, of the Federal High Court, Lagos, on a 22-count charge bordering on cocaine trafficking, illegal export of narcotics and money laundering.

The defendants, were accused of conspiring between July 28 and August 1, 2026 to export 184.5 kilograms of cocaine concealed in five consignments through a Lagos-based courier logistics firm to London, United Kingdom, but pleaded not guilty to all counts when the charges were read to them.

Count one of the charge sheet, marked FHC/LAG/CR/755/2026, accused Afolabi, alongside Boniface and Ikechukwu, of conspiring with Atandare Oladipupo Oluwarotimi and Latifat Yusuf, already arrested in London in connection with the same case, to export the narcotic drug using consignments bearing Airway Bill Numbers 2079998314, 8224082370, 2079973571, 7181131742 and 2211893902, under the shipper’s name Yemi Ejide.

Other counts detail how Boniface procured Ikechukwu to facilitate the export, while Afolabi was accused of procuring a staff member of BOT Express Logistics, Lagos Island, to process the illicit consignment, and also of unlawfully possessing the cocaine ahead of export.

The charge sheet further links Afolabi to the payment of ₦13.2 million from a Mallamawa Ventures Zenith Bank account to BOT Express Logistics as consideration for the shipment.

On the financial trail, no fewer than 16 counts bordering on money laundering, contrary to the Money Laundering (Prevention & Prohibition) Act, 2022, had accused Afolabi of funnelling several billions of naira through a web of companies and personal accounts, including Mallamawa Ventures, Fateey Man Multi-Purpose Nig. Ltd, Patonifa Ltd, Ade-Lak Resources, Holmestas Global Services Limited, La Capital Enterprises and others, with the funds used, among other things, to acquire motor vehicles and various landed properties, in a bid to conceal the true origin of the proceeds of the illicit trade. 

He was also alleged to have failed to declare his assets to the Agency as required by law.

After the not-guilty plea was entered and their bail application argued, the NDLEA prosecutor Abu Ibrahim who opposed the bail application, prayed the court to remand the defendants in a correctional facility pending trial, citing the gravity of the offences. 

Presiding Justice Kakaki after hearing arguments from both the prosecution and defence, ordered that the defendants be remanded in the Agency’s facility, and adjourned the matter till October 2, 2026 for ruling on the application.

Afolabi, (a.k.a. KayCee Luxury, KayCee Lux, KC, Mr. Luxury, Yemi Ejide), who paraded himself online as a luxury goods dealer and lifestyle influencer, was arrested by NDLEA operatives on the night of August 13, 2026 as he attempted to flee 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 estimated to be worth about N39 billion. 

A subsequent search on him and his Banana Island apartment, led to the recovery of exotic vehicles, foreign currency and jewellery, believed to be proceeds of the illicit trade.

Count one of the charge reads: “That you: 1. Afolabi Kazeem Michael a.k.a. KayCee Luxury, KC, Yemi Ejide, 2. Boniface Freeman Ochoche Sule and 3. Ikechukwu Ekugo Patriarch, Male, Adults, on or about the period between the 28th July 2026 and 1st day of August 2026 conspired with the duo of Atandare Oladipupo Oluwarotimi and Latifat Yusuf (both of whom have been arrested in London, the United Kingdom in respect of this case) to export 184.5 Kilograms of Cocaine, a Narcotic Drug contained in five (5) consignments with Airway Bill Numbers 2079998314, 8224082370, 2079973571, 7181131742, 2211893902 with shipper’s name as ‘Yemi Ejide’ and you thereby committed an act which is an offence against and punishable under section 14(b) of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency Act Cap. N30, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004.”