The operation led to the arrest of a meth dealer, Mathew Bobby Imonitie, who was caught with 4.033kilograms of the illicit substance.
“No administration in the history of Nigeria has done this much, especially at a time of scarcity of resources,” the minister told journalists on Monday.
The returnees were brought back to the country by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) through a voluntary repatriation programme.
Mr Babafemi said that the drugs were concealed in heads of fishes packed in cartons for export to Dubai, the United Arab Emirate.
The returnees were brought back to the country by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) through a voluntary repatriation programme.
“Here you have all the freedom to achieve your potential,” the National Emergency Management Agency told the returnees.
The consignment, which was concealed in packs of Nestle Cerelac baby food, was said to have weighed 23.55 kilograms.
The suspect was arrested on Saturday after three weeks of painstaking investigation and tracking by NDLEA’s operatives.
Mr Tinubu, a former governor of Lagos State, is returning to his home state for the first time, after he clinched the APC presidential.
Mr Farinloye said that the returnees are 77 male adults, 66 female adults, eight male and four female children, four female and seven male infants.
