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Two women, who were arrested by
operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for inserting
suspected wraps of cocaine into their private parts, said they did to survive
after their husbands abandoned them.
One of them, Alaka Deborah Uzoma, 47
was found with 1.180kg of cocaine. She allegedly stuffed 260 grammes of cocaine
in her private part and ingested 60 wraps weighing 920 grammes.
The second woman, Chukwujekwu
Chinyere Priscilla, 45 was caught with 1.455kg of cocaine. She packed 59 wraps
on her body, inserted one parcel in her vagina weighing 1.285kg and ingested 10
wraps weighing 170 grammes.
According to Uzoma, her husband abandoned
her with seven children and she took to selling bags and shoes. She said that
her husband left her 10 years ago, since then she had been fending for the kids
and paying rent and utility bills.
She added: “I took loan to travel to
China and in the process I incurred huge debt which compounded my problems. At
a point, I had no money for food, school fees and even house rent. This was
what made me to smuggle drugs. I swallowed 59 wraps of drugs all through the
night because of 6,000 dollars. I also packed some in my underwear and one in
my vagina. It was a terrible experience. I feel so sad that I have to end up
this way as a Christian.”
NDLEA spokesman, Mitchell Ofoyeju,
the two housewives were arrested for ingesting cocaine, hiding some in their
underwear and inserting some in their private parts.
Ofoyeju said: “The arrest has
prevented the housewives from arrest and execution in China few weeks after the
Indonesian Government executed some Nigerians for drug trafficking.”
The two women were found to possess
2.635kg of cocaine at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA) Lagos
while attempting to board a Qatar Airways flight to China.
NDLEA commander at the Lagos
Airport, Mr. Hamza Umar described the women as ‘desperate traffickers.’
Umar said: “These women are curiously
desperate for ingesting drugs, hiding some on their bodies and inserting others
in their vagina. Uzoma was found with 1.180kg of cocaine. She inserted 260
grammes of cocaine in her private part and ingested 60 wraps weighing 920
grammes. Priscilla was caught with 1.455kg of cocaine. She packed 59 wraps on
her body, inserted one parcel in her vagina weighing 1.285kg and ingested 10
wraps weighing 170 grams.”
Priscilla explained that she
embraced drug trafficking because she wanted to establish herself financially
in order to take care of her children. She said she was married to a soldier,
but he bolted, abandoning their kids to her 10 years ago.
She said: “I got married early
because there was no money for me to further my studies after my primary
education. My husband who is a retired soldier abandoned me 10 years ago. Since
then my life has been sorrowful. I sell female clothes and shoes to take care
of my children. I met a man at the market who promised to assist me in my
business by making me an importer. This was how we began to talk on phone. He
gives me recharge cards and money to sustain myself. It was the day I was to
travel that he told me that I will take drugs to China. He took me to a hotel
where I was given the drugs and 6000 dollars to buy my goods in China. I could
only swallow 10 wraps, so I forced others into my vagina and packed others in my
underwear.”
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