The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested Lagos socialite and nightclub owner, Mike Eze Nwalie Nwogu, popularly known as Pretty Mike, alongside former Big Brother Naija housemate, Tuoyo Ideh, and more than 100 guests during a midnight raid at Proxy Nightclub, Victoria Island, Lagos.
According to a statement signed by the agency’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, and posted on its website on Sunday, the operatives recovered cartons of banned substances, including Loud and laughing gas, from the venue during the operation conducted in the early hours of Sunday, October 26, 2025.
The agency said its operatives, acting on credible intelligence, infiltrated the nightclub around 11 p.m. on Saturday before launching the raid at about 3 a.m. in line with standard operating procedures.
The statement reads, “In Lagos, NDLEA operatives in the early hours of Sunday, October 26, raided Proxy Night club at 7 Akin Adesola Street, Victoria Island, where a drug party was going on. Over 100 suspects, including the owner of the club, Mike Eze Nwalie Nwogu, alias Pretty Mike, were arrested and taken into custody for screening. Cartons of illicit substances, including Loud and laughing gas, were recovered from suspects at the party and the club’s store.
“The raid followed intelligence about the drug party. NDLEA operatives who were embedded in the party between 11 pm on Saturday, 25th October, however, disrupted the gathering at 3 am on Sunday, 26th October based on Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).”
Confirming his arrest, Tuoyo shared his experience on Instagram on Sunday, expressing frustration over the incident.
He wrote, “I have been arrested by the Ndlea from a night club in Lagos for basically nothing at all since around 4am, they made us sit down like criminals, we over 150 people here up till now ,that were (sic) carried to Ndlea head quarters Ikoyi, we didn’t commit any crime, they came with guns inside the club and told everyone to lie down.”
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