(From left): Christian Ifeanyi Ogbuji, 47, and Onoh Ebere, 49 arrested at the Abuja airport on Wednesday, May 10 with over 4kg of cocaine
NDLEA arrests 2 at Abuja airport for 4kg cocaine ingestion, nab other suspects at IDPs camp in FCT
Anti-narcotics agency, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has disclosed that its operatives stationed at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja, arrested two businessmen for cocaine ingestion as both suspects excreted 193 pellets of the illicit drug after three days in observatory custody.
According to the NDLEA, the suspects identified as; Onoh Ebere, 49 and Christian Ifeanyi Ogbuji, 47, were intercepted at the Abuja airport on Wednesday, May 10 upon their arrival from Uganda via Addis Ababa, onboard Ethiopian Airlines flight ET 951.
NDLEA’s Director, Media & Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, who disclosed this Sunday, added further that though both suspects have legitimate businesses they manage in Nigeria, ‘their main source of income had been drug trafficking.’
“They both travelled to Uganda and from there crossed over to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia where they picked up the consignments before returning to Abuja with Lagos as their final destination.
“After spending days in the excretion room, Ebere Onoh excreted a total of 100 pellets weighing 2.137kg while Christian Ifeanyi Ogbuji expelled 93 pellets hidden in his stomach with a gross weight of 1.986kg,” NDLEA said in a statement.
Similarly, the agency also reported that its operatives arrested 25 suspects in different raids across known illicit drug trafficking and sales joints in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, with one of the locations said to be the New Kuchingoro Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) Camp located in the FCT.
“Operatives in Abuja arrested 25 suspects in raids across Tora Bora, Gwarinpa village, Third Avenue in Gwarinpa, Karamo, Garki Market, Sabongari Bwari and New Kuchingoro IDP camp, within the FCT,” NDLEA disclosed.
Also, the agency disclosed that another bid to smuggle into Lagos a consignment of 24kgs cannabis concealed in imported used cars from Canada was again frustrated by its operatives who seized the illicit substance on Thursday, May 11, during a joint 100% examination of a container marked, MSMU 7412069, at the Prime Connection Bonded terminal, off Oshodi-Apapa expressway.
“Two clearing agents linked with the container, G.O. Njokwu and Christopher Obialor, have been arrested in collaboration with men of the Nigerian Customs Service,” Babafemi added.
Meanwhile, Babafemi noted that NDLEA operatives also raided two notorious drug joints, Zaro bunk on Bama Road, Sabongari and the Sani Abacha Indoor Stadium, both in the Kano metropolis where 160 suspects were arrested with different quantities of illicit substances.
“Two suspects Abubakar Sallau, 55, and Nazifi Abdullahi, 25, were arrested on Saturday, May 13, along Kano-Maiduguri Road with 5,000 pills of Tramadol 200mg, while 65,200 tablets of Tramadol and Exol-5 were seized from the duo of Adamu Nagati, 30, and Ali Nasiru, 35,” NDLEA reported.
