From Godwin Tsa, Abuja
A 52-year-old businessman, identified as Ejiofor Godwin Emeka, expelled 127 wraps of cocaine concealed in his private part and stomach at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano State, following his arrest by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).
The cocaine wraps were recovered by the agency after days under excretion observation.
A statement by the agency’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, said Ejiofor, who operates boutiques in Lagos and Onitsha, Anambra State, was taken into NDLEA custody upon his arrival from Bangkok, Thailand, via Ethiopian Airlines flight ET 941 on Wednesday, October 8, following credible intelligence.
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He was taken for a body scan which confirmed he ingested illicit drugs and had some concealed in his private part.
A total of 58 wraps of cocaine were immediately recovered from his pants after which he was taken for excretion observation during which he egested 69 pellets of cocaine in seven excretions, bringing the total number of wraps of the class A drug recovered from him to 127 weighing 1.388 kilograms.
Three consignments of illicit drugs heading to the United Kingdom were on Thursday and Friday, October 9 and 10, intercepted at a courier company in Lagos by NDLEA operatives.
One of the shipments, 1.74 kg of methamphetamine, was recovered from blocks of glass ceramics, while another shipment contains 114 grams and 168 grams of pentazocine and tramadol injections respectively just as the third consignment contains 48 grams of tramadol capsules concealed in a Vitamin C container, all going to the UK.
In another operation, bids by another set of criminal syndicates to ship 2.6 kg skunk and 422 grams tapentadol 250 mg concealed in tablets of black soap heading to Turkey; 169 grams of cocaine hidden in ladies’ handbags going to Australia and 568 grams of Loud, a strong strain of cannabis concealed in containers of herbs going to the United Arab Emirates, were thwarted by NDLEA operatives at some courier companies in Lagos.
Meanwhile, a total of 27,510 pills of rohypnol concealed in sachets of alcoholic drinks going to South Africa have been intercepted by NDLEA officers at the export shed of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Ikeja, Lagos.
After the initial arrest of a freight agent and a cab driver linked to the shipment, a follow-up operation at Oyingbo market in Lagos led to the arrest of the mastermind, 46-year-old Samuel Omoruyi (alias Yellow) on October 2.
Same day, an Italy-based businessman, Enehizena Augustine Uyimwen, was arrested by operatives while attempting to export 3,700 pills of tramadol 225 mg and 2,600 tabs of tapentadol 200 mg hidden in food items to the European country.
He claimed he was trafficking the opioids for someone else for a fee of €945.
In Edo State, a raid of the home of a suspect, Emmanuel Sunday, 33, at Ugbekpe Ekperi in Etsako Central LGA, led to the recovery of 47 kg skunk, a strain of cannabis. Two suspects: Nureni Ayobami Eleweodo, 48, and Oladejo Taiwo, 52, were on Wednesday, October 8, arrested at Omifufun village, Ife South LGA, Osun State, following the seizure of 635 kilograms of skunk from their Toyota Hiace bus marked DDA65ZY.
Two other suspects: Timothy Omiwole, 41, and Isaac Achiatan, 36, were nabbed at the same location with 100 kg skunk recovered from them along with their motorcycle.
While Okoro Julius, 20, and Onyebuchi Nwibo, 25, were arrested in different parts of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, in connection with the seizure of 8.5 kg skunk on Friday, October 10, Sulaiman Kalalu, 46, was nabbed after 29.5 kg of the same substance was found in his house at Bayan Asiti, Jibia town, Katsina State, on Saturday, October 11.
In Niger State, NDLEA officers on Wednesday, October 8, arrested Yisa Daniel, 29, at New Bussa where 22,000 capsules of tramadol, 800 ampoules of pentazocine injection and 150,000 pills of exol-5 were seized from him.
A total of 312 kg skunk was recovered from a bush at Ologede camp, Ogbese, Ondo State, while operatives on patrol along Benin-Lagos expressway on Thursday, October 9, intercepted two suspects: Francis John, 39, and Adeyemi Taiwo, 46, in a car conveying 141.8 kg skunk.
In Kaduna, a suspect, Rufai Ahmed, 27 (alias Farin Malam), was nabbed at Abuja/Kaduna toll gate while conveying 150,000 pills of exol-5 from Lagos to Katsina.
In like manner, commands and formations of the agency across the country continued their War Against Drug Abuse (WADA) sensitisation activities to schools, worship centres, workplaces and communities among others in the past week.
These include: WADA sensitisation lecture to students and staff of General Murtala Mohammed College, Yola, Adamawa; Assembly of God Secondary School, Abakaliki, Ebonyi; Community Girls Secondary School, Bakori, Katsina; Girls Secondary School, Nenwe, Awgu LGA, Enugu; Day Secondary School, Tungan Mallam, Paikoro LGA, Niger; Sacred Heart Secondary School, Kabba, Kogi; Ebenezer Model Secondary School, Onitsha, Anambra; Government Secondary School, Borikiri, Rivers; Government Junior Secondary School, Wakili Bawa, Ungoggo LGA, Kano; and Baptist High School, Ede, Osun State, among others.
While commending the officers and men of MMIA, MAKIA, DOGI, Kano, Edo, Rivers, Kaduna, Katsina, Niger, Ondo, and Osun Commands of the agency for the arrests and seizures, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of NDLEA, Brig Gen Mohamed Marwa (Rtd), urged them and their compatriots across the country to maintain their tenacity, professionalism and balanced approach to the drug control efforts of the agency.
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