The Federal Government has arrested a suspected wildlife trafficking kingpin, Shamsideen Abubakar, in a joint enforcement operation involving the National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA), Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), and the Wildlife Justice Commission (WJC). Abubakar, who had been declared wanted by the Federal High Court in Lagos, was apprehended after years on the run over his alleged role in large-scale wildlife trafficking. Assistant Director, Press, National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA), Nwamaka Ejiofor, in a press statement, said Abubakar had fled since September 2021 following a coordinated operation by WJC and NCS, which led to the arrest of his associates, Sunday Ebenyi and Salif Sandwidi, and the seizure of 1,009.50 kilograms of pangolin scales in Ikeja, Lagos.