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| Obinna |
A suspect said
that he would not have gotten involved in drug trafficking if not for the fact
that some suspected fraudsters duped him of his hard earned money.
The suspect, Ojo Sunday Akanmu
Olusegun, 59, a timber merchant said that his involvement in drug trafficking
was due to financial hardship.
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| Olusegun |
Explaining that he was married and
has five kids, Olusegun said: “My problem started in 2013 when I lost N2million
to fraudsters. I became indebted and had been running from pillar to post
without any solution. A young man introduced me into drug trafficking in order
for me to pay my debts. Initially, I dismissed the suggestion but when my
condition was not getting better, I decided to take the risk. The 10,000
dollars they promised me would have gone a long way in solving my problem. This
is my first time of smuggling drugs.”
Olusegun and Igweibuike Obinna, 47, a
Lagos based electronic dealer, were arrested at the Murtala Muhammed
International Airport (MMIA) Lagos in connection with drug ingestion.
Olusegun was caught during the
outward screening of passengers on a Delta Airline flight to New York, United
States while Obinna, was nabbed on a Virgin Atlantic flight to London Heathrow.
Obinna said that he would have made
a million naira from drug trafficking. His words: “I sell electronics at Alaba
market in Lagos. I agreed to smuggle drugs because I would have made a million
naira to invest in my business. I also needed money to take care of my family.
I am married with two children.”
NDLEA Commander at the MMIA said
that preliminary investigation shows that Olusegun ingested 75 wraps of
substances that tested positive for heroin weighing 1.090kg and Obinna inserted
six wraps into his anus and ingested 11 wraps making a total of 17 wraps of
cocaine weighing 335 gramms.
The NDLEA chairman, Ahmadu Giade,
said that the Agency has recorded remarkable success with the drastic reduction
in the arrests of drug traffickers smuggling narcotics to United States and
United Kingdom.
Giade states: “This drastic
reduction in arrest is due to the extra vigilance and mutual cooperation
between Nigeria, the United States and the United
Kingdom. We have a feedback mechanism where arrest made on flights from Nigeria
to the US and UK is communicated to us.”
NDLEA spokesman, Mitchel Ofoyeju
said: “The last arrest of suspect leaving Nigeria to the United States at the
Lagos airport was in May 2012 when one Orji Emeka Christian was apprehended
with 1.250kg of heroin. Similarly the last arrest made on Nigeria-United
Kingdom route was in October 2014 when one Onyechesi Chidi Christ was found
with 25 grammes of cocaine on an Air France flight to Scotland. In 2013, there
was also an arrest of one Uzobude Vitus Uju with 1.815kg of cocaine on a
British Airways flight to London.”
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