A Lagos Federal High Court on Friday remanded luxury goods dealer and social media personality Afolabi Kazeem Michael, widely known as KC Luxury, together with two co defendants after they pleaded not guilty to a 22 count charge of cocaine trafficking, illegal export of narcotics and money laundering.
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency brought Afolabi, Boniface Freeman Ochoche Sule and Ikechukwu Ekugo Patriarch before Honourable Justice Ayokunle Olayinka Faji. Prosecutors allege that between 28 July and 1 August 2026 the three men conspired to send 184.5 kilogrammes of cocaine to London in five consignments processed through a Lagos courier logistics firm.
The charge sheet, marked FHC/LAG/CR/755/2026, says they acted with Atandare Oladipupo Oluwarotimi and Latifat Yusuf, both already arrested in London over the same investigation. The parcels were listed under airway bill numbers 2079998314, 8224082370, 2079973571, 7181131742 and 2211893902, with the shipper named as Yemi Ejide, an alias prosecutors also attribute to Afolabi.
The agency further alleges that Sule procured Ikechukwu to help move the consignment, while Afolabi enlisted a staff member of BOT Express Logistics on Lagos Island to process the shipment and unlawfully possessed the cocaine before export. It also links him to a payment of 13.2 million naira from a Mallamawa Ventures account at Zenith Bank to the logistics firm.
At least sixteen of the counts concern money laundering under the Money Laundering (Prevention and Prohibition) Act 2022. Prosecutors say Afolabi channelled several billion naira through companies and personal accounts, including Mallamawa Ventures, Fateey Man Multi Purpose Nig Ltd, Patonifa Ltd, Ade Lak Resources, Holmestas Global Services Limited and La Capital Enterprises. The funds were allegedly used to buy vehicles and landed property in an effort to hide the source of the money. He is also accused of failing to declare his assets to the agency as required by law.
After the not guilty pleas, counsel argued a bail application. NDLEA prosecutor Abu Ibrahim opposed it and asked the court to keep the defendants in custody because of the seriousness of the alleged offences. Justice Faji ordered that they be remanded in the agency’s facility and adjourned the case to 4 October 2026 for a ruling on bail.
Afolabi, also known as KayCee Luxury, KayCee Lux, KC, Mr Luxury and Yemi Ejide, presented himself online as a dealer in luxury goods and a lifestyle influencer. Operatives arrested him on the night of 13 August 2026 at Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos as he tried to board a business class flight to Paris. The arrest followed the interception of the 184.5 kilogramme consignment, which the agency valued at about 39 billion naira. A search of his person and of an apartment on Banana Island recovered exotic vehicles, foreign currency and jewellery that investigators say they believe were proceeds of the alleged trade.
The three men remain in NDLEA custody pending the court’s decision on bail.
By A.Ikechukwu
