Operatives of the
National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a former footballer,
Okafor Junior at the Lagos International airport with 1.40kg of crack cocaine.
Okafor was arrested on
September 26, upon his arrival from Sao Paulo, Brazil via Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
on board an Ethiopian airlines flight.
The 33-year-old had
concealed the illicit substance in the handles of his bags and padded the top
edges of same with the class A drug.
A statement by the
NDLEA signed by its Spokesperson, Femi Babafemi revealed the outcome of
preliminary interrogation.
“Okafor disclosed that
he was an ex-footballer with the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, UNTH
Enugu FC, where he played for four seasons before leaving for Sri Lanka in
2014.
“He further stated that
he moved to Brazil from Sri Lanka after playing for two seasons but could not
advance his football career in Brazil due to lack of official documents,” the
statement said.
The 32-year-old mother
of one, upon her arrest, confessed to operating a restaurant in Istanbul, Turkey
where she was headed on Friday when she was caught.
Odin was attempting to
board a Turkish airline flight with the drug concealed inside the pepper and
packed among foodstuff.
She told the narcotic
officers that she came to Nigeria to see her relatives and buy food items for
her restaurant business.
Also, another Brazilian
returnee, Ibeh Damian was arrested the same day upon his arrival at the Lagos
airport from Sao Paulo, Brazil via an Ethiopian airlines flight.
Ibeh was found to have
concealed 3.20kg of black cocaine popularly known as ‘Lucci’ in the false
bottoms of his two bags.
He confessed that he
was to be paid N3.1m for the successful delivery of the drug in Nigeria.
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