A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has order an interim forfeiture of a night club owned by a Lagos-based socialite, Mr Mike Eze Nwalie Nwogu, otherwise known as Pretty Mike.
The night club, known as Proxy, located on 7, Akin Adesola Street, Victoria Island, Lagos, was raided some days ago over an alleged drug party, with some fun-seekers arrested by officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).
At the court on Tuesday, Justice Musa Kakaki, while ruling in an exparte motion filed by the NDLEA marked FHC/L/MISC/1161/2025, ordered the interim forfeiture of the property and adjourned the matter to January 28, 2026, for report of investigation.
The counsel to the agency, Mr Buhari Abdullahi, informed the court that the club was used for drug dealing and drug abuse of 169 cylinders (384. 662 kilograms) of Nitrous Oxide (Laughing Gas) a dangerous substance of abuse and 200 grams of Cannabis Sativa, narcotic drug pending the conclusion of investigation.
In the request to the court, the lawyer argued that “the said drugs were stored by the respondents in preparation to further carry out an illegal large drug party on the said venue,” and “being instrumentalities of drug crime, the property is subject to forfeiture under the extant laws.”
“It is a statutory and procedural requirement to first obtain interim forfeiture order,” as “There is need to vest proper custody of the property in the agency pending the conclusion of investigation into drug activities carried out at the club.”
He cited Sections 3 (c)& (f) 31(a), 32(a)(d) 33, 34 and 36 of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency Act Cap. N30, of the laws of the Federation 2004, sections 44(2)(k) of the Constitution of Nigeria 1999, and Order 26 Rules 8 of the Federal High Court (Civil Procedure) Rules 2009 as the laws that allow for the interim forfeiture of the property.