Suspected Drug Trafficker Excretes 97 Wraps Of Cocaine Worth N365 Million.

Chigbogu Obiora is a 47 year old drug trafficker who was intercepted by men of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA),at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Lagos

Reports have it that Chigbogu excreted 97 wraps of cocaine valued at N360 million,the drug is said to be weighing 1.55 kilogrammes.

In a statement according to Thisday, by the spokesperson of NDLEA, Mr. Femi Babafemi yesterday 30,April 2021,he disclosed that Obiora was arrested at about 1:16pm on Saturday 25,April 2021 during the inward clearance of Ethiopian Airline.

Babafemi said ; "Obiora had arrived Lagos on board the airline from Entebbe, Uganda via Addis-Ababa, Ethiopia."

Ahmadu Garba who is The Commander, MMIA Command of the anti-drug law enforcement agency said ; "Obiora was intercepted in the E-arrival hall of the airport by the operatives of NDLEA on the suspicion that he ingested drug substance.

The suspect was takken for body machine scan and the result was positive for ingestion of substance suspected to be illicit drug. The suspect was promply mmoved to the NDLEA excretion/observation facility.

Barely an hour after he was arrested, Obiora excreted 31 wraps of cocaine weighing 500 grammes and another 47 wraps (750 grammes) in the evening of the same day while 19 wraps (300 grammes) were excreted the following day, Monday 26th April, bringing the total to 97 wraps, that is 1.55 kilogrammes.

Under interrogation Obiora claimed that he was promised $1,500 if he successfully trafificked the drug. He said he accepted because he needed money.

In Obiora's words ; "I did it so that i will be capable of feeding my family. I was living in Madagascar but due to Covid-l19 and the lock down in the country, i couldn't go back to my place of work . There was a time i started lacking money to feed my family and to pay my children's school fees and the worst part of it is to pay my rent. so, i decided to take te option to do it."

When asked if he knew the owner of the drug; "i don't know him they contacted me on phone and asked if i can do the business", - he didn't believe he could get caught by the law.

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