But his luck ran out when he was intercepted by Nigeria’s National Drug Law Enforcement officials.
The 33-year old suspect had just disembarked from a flight from Brazil when he was arrested at the Murtala Muhammed international airport in Lagos, southwest Nigeria. Click to read more.
“During search, powdery substances that tested positive for cocaine were found in his bag. It took several hours to extract the cocaine from the pendants because of the complex method of concealment,” said Mitchell Ofoyeju, NDLEA Head of Public Affairs.
Cocaine, cocaine
The agency’s airport commander, Mr. Hamza Umar, disclosed that the drug was factory packed inside assorted pendants. He described the mode of concealment as unusual.
“This mode of concealment is strange and it is the first time of discovering drugs inside jewellery,” he said.
Umar explained that the drugs were industrially packed in ear rings, buttons, necklaces, bangles as well as in female belts.
“We had to forcefully open them to recover the drugs. The entire quantity of cocaine found in the jewellery products weighed 2.472kg. One arrest has been made in connection with the seizure,” Umar said.
NDLEA said preliminary investigation revealed that the suspect, who had lived in Brazil for over five years, is believed to be working for a suspected Brazilian-based drug syndicate.
The suspect was quoted as saying, “I needed money for the burial anniversary of my late father. As the breadwinner, everybody is looking up to me for the sponsorship of the anniversary. I have lived in Brazil for over five years but I have no money to undertake this important family responsibility. My interest was the 2,000 euros they promised to pay me”.
Oluigboka is married and has a child. He hails from Imo State. The arrest took place last week.
Source: PmNews
they always always have a story! when will these peepo learn??!
ReplyDeleteBecause for every 1 person caught, 100 others were successful
DeleteIgbo people sha!
ReplyDeleteOlosious fellow!
DeleteIdiot! Now u gonna b tribalistic. Ur pple dnt do drugs ni? Ewu!
DeleteNigerians, can you imagine the big fool. celebrate anniversary of late father not money to treat/save the mans life oooo..what can of party can 2000 euros(N400k) do?
ReplyDeletena whao!
ReplyDeleteigbo people and drugs?dem swear for una papa and mama ni?!
ReplyDeleteAnonymous u are just foolish. Ders no nid 4 bringing tribalism into it. dat popular yoruba actress nko? Drugs has no tribal preference.
DeleteU must b a bastard 4 dat comment anonymous. Ewu imo awka!!
DeleteIS IS ME OR ARE YOUR POST DIRECTED AT ANTAGONIZING IGBO PEOPLE?
ReplyDeleteOniranu jaku jaku. So bcos of €2k,u are ready to ruin other ppl's lives. It is not even for something meaningful,2celebrate d anniversary of ur late father! Is it somebody that u dint takia of when he was alive dat u want 2now celebrate when he's dead.
ReplyDeleteI just pity those who r addicted 2cocaine cos ppl lik this won't let them stop.
Pls what does NDLEA do with all d cocaine n hard drugs that they confisticate sef?
ReplyDeleteTot about that now. Is there like a hard drugs bank or somefin? Cos they've bn catching a lot of peeps lately
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Its always guys from brazil. Flights from Brazil r always given extra time cos dey r sure 2 find sumfn illegal in it! Dats y der luggages get missing or delayed!
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So he was trying to raise funds to flaunt and loss
ReplyDeleteBfore nko will he say he did it jux because he wants to get money the tin ȋ̝̊̅ڪ dat once caught ur so called story means nuffin guyz! Assumin he mannaged to pull dis one out guesse he will smilin to †ђξ banks!
ReplyDeleteBonko is here again! Ur grammar fit give pregnant woman miscarriage! Do u smoke weed? As for cocaine if I see confirm link I go carry o!
DeleteSo much for being industrous. Ill gotten wealth. The one I read 2 days ago in the sun newspaper, he is a kidnapper, he said he used the proceeds to build a mansion for his mum in Awka. Every sinner shall pay for their deeds. Those houses u people build in the village will be desolate because God will visit ur iniquity on your children and childrens children! That's the law of retributive justice.
ReplyDeleteBut why do the ibos put so much pressure on their children , it's a big shame dat is why they are in to all sorts , Naaa waaaaaaaaa oooh am ibo and the demand is almost breaking a bank .but I and my husband would ignore them ooh
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You people are abusing him and all others, please abuse your governement. who i there in Nigeria to provide employment for them???? of course, they would resort to all sorts to survive. and for the fool that said he didnt take care of his father when he was alive, did you know him then? all you assumptious Nigerians, all you do is assume and make tribalistic statements. if igbo poeple are sooo bad, why didn't you let us leave in the first place??? biko its not toooo late i'd rather we igbo poeple left and started our own country, we will do good by ourselves. and p.s, yoruba and hausa people acquire the dirtiest wealth. KNOWN FACT. how many igbo people are let into govt. to steal the countries money anyways?
ReplyDeleteI m nt against dis at all,its a means of survivin,if he was confortable he won't hv left d country to brasil,hv u ask ur self who r d pple buying dis drugs?our so call learders and der children,let not condem dis act my fellow readers,it is a means of xtracting from dis top politicians and der childern cos most of der children r useless and cos they hv plenty money whc dey neva suffer for,they go into drugs
ReplyDeletewho said igbo people and drugs,its not only igbo.i am yoruba and i can tell you yoruba people do it too.i have not heard about hausa people though but yoruba and igbo guarantee.let us stop pointing fingers when ours need to be cut off asap.
ReplyDeleteand its not just igbo people that put pressure on their children to do this and that.yoruba nko?lol
Anon 13th Oct 12.16 really?you support it .do you know what cocaine does to this guys later.wow how some words please one.are you for real?means of extracting money from politicians?its your opinion and i have to respect it so i will let it go.wow
ReplyDeletePeople need to STOP going down the tribal route and blame. It is NOT about tribes but how WE as a nation chose to achieve security by alternate means since the govt and so called leaders have NO plans for the people.
ReplyDeleteIgbos are always under pressure but are yet the most industrious business people
Yorubas are equally under pressure and also carry drugs, juju and are the least loyal... **** I am Yoruba BTW
Hausas are ALSO under pressure especially for power / security ( mainly by being bi-sexual and ****ing people of equal strength from the rear) but are the tribe that are the most loyal to their own
Now, in all of this, which crime is better or worse? All the effing same. It is about OUR values as Nigerians and not about what region you are from soooo please shut up if u have nothing constructive and objective to contribute
I swear u are not igbo. Just one sentence gave u off. Foolish goat! Asshole
DeleteAre u foolish? He said he is yoruba BYW(by the way)simple english u can't read.
DeleteFuck y'all saying all em shit about igbo's like y'all don't do same tinz.
ReplyDeleteI am a little confused. Is there a market for cocaine in Nigeria? I thot it is typically the other way around where people try to get drugs out of naija to other countries? confused o
ReplyDeleteVery big market, you're looking to invest? All the politicians and rich kids are on drugs
DeleteA lot of Ibo traders are now in the business as couriers. As per say, Ibo man no dey carry last.
Igbo folks need to wake up and smell the coffee that we are no longer in the ate 70s ans early 80s when they used to put cocaine and heroine in fried fish to pass through muritsla airport
ReplyDeletePoint is that Yoruba drug carriers are more innovative and successful in the drug business. These Ibo carriers are using methods their Yoruba counterparts used 20 years before. Case in study: Baba Suwe. Even if he had excreted one million times, the drugs wouldn't have come out but the scan results would still be showing the drugs in his system. Jazz meets technology
ReplyDeleteNa so God go D̶̲̥̅̊ε̲̣̣̣̥γ̲̣̣̥ catch them cos na dem D̶̲̥̅̊ε̲̣̣̣̥γ̲̣̣̥ spoil our name here in brasil. I stay in brasil and both tribes α̲̅я̩̥̊ε̲̣̣̣̥ into it most especially D̶̲̥̅̊ Ibos.imagine here in brasil they think all of us α̲̅я̩̥̊ε̲̣̣̣̥ into dis drug biz but i tell Ɣu̶̲̥̅̊ ,there α̲̅я̩̥̊ε̲̣̣̣̥ some of us living in Brasil with a decent way of making money.
ReplyDeleteNa lie joor u no dey live for brazil.
DeleteThis people never learn.
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there are some proper ignorant ,regressive people on here..why the emphasis on the tribe as if ibos are the only ones who commit crimes of these nature?
ReplyDeletethe old woman that was caught ,wasn't she yoruba? or have we not heard of other tribes being apprehended at the same airport?
in your ignorant ramblings I'm sure some ppl probably will assume when you get to brazil or columbia they ll ask for your id card and won't sell drugs to you if you r not ibo...there are several yorubas,south souths e.t.c who are also involved in drug smuggling
the man amongst other people indulging in any negative vice is symptomatic of the failings in the country..before a man as old as this will resort to drug smuggling he would probably have tried several legit means and being knocked back on his ass.
the day nigerians eradicate tribalism in any guise or form that ll be the day the country begins to be united in driving away the politicians and business people raping the nigerian economy