A former beauty queen, Oluwadamilola Aderinoye, who was Miss Commonwealth Nigeria Culture 2015/2016, has surrendered to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Lagos after being on the run for eight months.
She had been declared wanted following a raid on her Lekki residence on January 24, 2024, during which the NDLEA recovered significant quantities of drugs, including 606 grams of Canadian Loud, an electronic weighing scale, and drug packaging materials. Aderinoye admitted to hiding in Akure, Ondo State, since her escape.
This was revealed in a statement on Sunday by the agency’s spokesperson, Femi Babafemi.
Babafemi said, “Wanted ex-beauty queen, Ms. Aderinoye Queen Christmas, also known as Ms. Queen Oluwadamilola Aderinoye, has surrendered to the Lagos Command of the agency after about eight months in hiding.
“She was declared wanted by the agency in January after she escaped from her Lekki, Lagos residence when NDLEA operatives raided her apartment at the Oral 3state, Lekki, on Wednesday, January 24, following credible intelligence that she deals in illicit substances.
“The suspect was Miss Commonwealth Nigeria Culture 2015/2016 and the founder of Queen Christmas Foundation. Recovered from her home during the search witnessed by the estate officials include 606 gramm3s of Canadian Loud, a synthetic strain of cannabis, an electronic weighing scale, large quantities of drugs packing plastics, a black RAV 4 SUV marked Lagos KSF 872 GQ, and her picture frame among others.
“The suspect, who claimed she had been hiding in Akure, Ondo State since January when she escaped arrest in Lekki Lagos however, surrendered to the agency on Wednesday, August 28.“
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