A Federal High Court in Lagos has remanded luxury goods dealer and social media influencer Afolabi Kazeem Michael, popularly known as KC Luxury, and two alleged accomplices in an NDLEA facility after they pleaded not guilty to a 22-count charge over the alleged trafficking of 184.5 kilogrammes of cocaine.
Justice Ayokunle Olayinka Faji ordered their remand on Friday after the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) arraigned them on charges bordering on cocaine trafficking, illegal export of narcotics and money laundering.
The two other defendants are Boniface Freeman Ochoche Sule and Ikechukwu Ekugo Patriarch.
The NDLEA prosecutor, Abu Ibrahim, opposed the defendants’ bail applications and urged the court to keep them in custody, citing the seriousness of the alleged offences.
Following the arguments, Justice Faji ordered that the defendants be remanded in the agency’s facility pending the court’s ruling on their bail applications.
The judge adjourned the matter until October 4, 2026, for ruling.
The defendants had pleaded not guilty to all 22 counts read to them in court.
The NDLEA alleged that the three men conspired between July 28 and August 1, 2026, to export 184.5kg of cocaine concealed in five consignments from Lagos to London, United Kingdom.
According to the charge sheet, the consignments were shipped through a Lagos-based courier logistics company under the name Yemi Ejide and carried five separate Airway Bill numbers.
The agency alleged that the defendants worked with Atandare Oladipupo Oluwarotimi and Latifat Yusuf, who have already been arrested in London in connection with the alleged drug operation.
The first count accused Afolabi, Sule and Patriarch of conspiring to export the cocaine, contrary to Section 14(b) of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency Act.
Other counts accused Sule of procuring Patriarch to facilitate the alleged export, while Afolabi was accused of procuring a staff member of BOT Express Logistics on Lagos Island to process the consignments.
Afolabi was also accused of unlawfully possessing the cocaine before its alleged export.
The NDLEA further alleged that Afolabi paid ₦13.2 million from a Mallamawa Ventures Zenith Bank account to BOT Express Logistics as consideration for the shipment.
Sixteen of the counts relate to alleged money laundering.
The agency alleged that Afolabi moved several billions of naira through companies and personal accounts, including Mallamawa Ventures, Fateey Man Multi-Purpose Nigeria Limited, Patonifa Limited, Ade-Lak Resources, Holmestas Global Services Limited and La Capital Enterprises.
It alleged that the funds were used, among other purposes, to acquire vehicles and landed properties in an attempt to conceal the alleged proceeds of the illicit trade.
The NDLEA also accused him of failing to declare his assets to the agency as required by law.
Afolabi was arrested by NDLEA operatives on August 13 at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, while allegedly attempting to leave Nigeria on a business-class flight to Paris.
His arrest followed the seizure of the 184.5kg cocaine consignment, which the agency valued at about ₦39 billion.
The NDLEA subsequently searched his Banana Island residence and said it recovered exotic vehicles, foreign currency and jewellery suspected to be proceeds of illicit drug trafficking.
