NDLEA arrests eight as drug is discovered in traditional African clothes

Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has discovered substances suspected to be methamphetamine inside native cloth called Aso-Oke.
Eight suspected drug traffickers were also apprehended with a total of 10.635kg of narcotics.
The arrests and seizures took place at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA) Lagos.
A press statement signed by the spokesman of the anti-drugs agency, Mitchel Ofoyeju and made available to newsmen on Thursday, said one of the suspects, Tembo Gideon (also known as Benson Okechukwu), a Nigerian travelling to Thailand with a Zambian passport, concealed 2.522kg of methamphetamine inside native cloth.
The statement gave the breakdown of the seized drugs as 4.460kg of methamphetamine, 4.030kg of heroin and 2.145kg of cocaine.
 Apart from one of the suspects caught attempting to smuggle 3.455kg of heroin from India, others were going outside the country with different quantities of drugs.
The NDLEA commander at the airport, Mr Hamza Umar, gave the names of the suspects as Onyekwere Wisdom Chinedu, 26; Obinna Christian Chigbo, 37; Muogbo Uchechukwu Sixtius, 25; Benson Okechukwu, 25 and Orabusinze Chukwuka Joseph, 28.
Others  are Ogbonnaya Kalu Robert, 54; Obiorah Celestine Nonso, 31 and Udeh Lazarus Makwe, 44.
Meanwhile , the Chairman/Chief Executive of the NDLEA, Ahmadu Giade in his Sallah message urged members of the public to shun drug trafficking and criminal acts capable of truncating their God ordained destinies. In his words,
“it is sad that these suspected drug traffickers are behind bars when they ought to be with their families this festive season. Drug trafficking and other criminal acts will only lead to misery, shame and unfulfilled dreams”.
The  release however assured that the suspects will be charged to court soon.

The Tribune