Officials
of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency NDLEA have arrested five people
including one Ijeoma Ojukwu, a niece to late Chief Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu,
and three others namely Victor Umeh, Uche Igwelo and Egbuche Fidelis Osiita
over the trafficking of 2.24kg of substance believed to be cocaine from Brazil.
Also being investigated is a staff of NDLEA. NDLEA officials believe that 48
year old Ijeoma who runs a restaurant in Brazil is believed to be a member of
an international drug syndicate.
Speaking
on the arrest, the agency’s commander at the airport, Ahmadu Garba said
a luggage tagged for Agina Fidelis Ejike, was abandoned at the arrival hall
during inward screening of passengers on an Emirates flight on December 28.
“On
January 1, 2016, one Egbuche Fidelis Osita came with authority letter mandating
him to collect the bag. In the process, some white powdery substance weighing
2.24kg that tested positive for cocaine was discovered. The drug was neatly
packed in four parcels concealed in false bottom of four female handbags.”
“My
brother came from Brazil and could not find his bag. It was in the process of
trying to get the bag out that we were arrested.”
Uche
Igwelo, 36, a public administration graduate, said she was invited by Ijeoma to
assist in collecting the bag.
“I
sell kitchen utensil and I am married with a child. Ijeoma met me that I should
help him to collect a bag at the airport. We were trying to get the bag when
NDLEA officers arrested us,” Uche, an Anambra native told investigators,
according to an official statement from NDLEA.
Egbuche
Fidelis Osita, a 37-year-old student said that he was asked to collect the bag.
“I am a 400 level student studying English Education at the Ekiti State
University. My friend Victor Umeh was the person that asked me to help in
claiming a luggage at the airport. We all drove to the airport where I was
given a letter of authority and other documents of the passenger that came with
the luggage. In the process of trying to collect the bag I was arrested. This
is all I know about this incident,” Osita said.
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