The National Drug Law Enforcement Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA) has secured an interim forfeiture of Pretty Mike’s property located in Victoria Island has been granted by Justice Musa Kakaki of the Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday following an ex parte motion alleged to have been used for drug dealing and storage.
The morion filed and argued by the counsel for the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Mr. Buhari Abdulahi disclosed that the property, located at No. 7 Akin Adesola Street, Victoria Island, Lagos, known as Proxy Lagos Night Club, was said to have been used to store 169 cylinders (384.662 kilograms) of nitrous oxide (commonly known as laughing gas) and 200 grams of cannabis sativa.
According to the NDLEA, the property belongs to Mike Nwalie and Joachim Hillary, who allegedly used the premises as a base for storing and distributing the illicit substances pending a planned drug party. The NDLEA’s counsel, while moving the motion exparte dated October 27, 2025, asked the court to order the interim forfeiture of the nightclub to the Federal Government of Nigeria, being an instrumentality of crime under the NDLEA Act.
He also sought an order suspending all activities at the nightclub pending the conclusion of the agency’s investigation into the alleged drug operations. Abdulahi argued that it was a statutory requirement to obtain an interim forfeiture order to preserve the property while investigations continued, noting that “no party would be prejudiced” by the court’s decision.
In an affidavit deposed to by the Deputy Commander of Narcotics Nasiru Garba Bungudu, the NDLEA stated that it received credible intelligence in October 2025 about preparations for a large-scale drug party at Proxy Lagos Night Club.
