How informant demanded $20m from NACOC boss to expose suspected drug operation – Muntaka reveals

Minister of the Interior, Mohammed-Mubarak Muntaka, has criticised informants who demand huge sums of money before providing security agencies with information on suspected criminal activities.Speaking on Joy FM on Monday, October 12, 2026, he disclosed that an informant recently demanded $20 million from the Director-General of the Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) in exchange for information about a suspected major drug operation.