NDLEA arrests 2 businessmen, Canada-based nurse at Lagos Airport, details emerge

• Nigerian Canadian nurse Usman Grace Khadijat Olami has been arrested for drug trafficking at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos
• The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) operatives also arrested two businessmen for similar offenses
• The NDLEA Director, Media & Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, made this known in a statement issued on Sunday, October 20

Legit.ng journalist Adekunle Dada has over 5 years of experience covering metro, government policy and international events

Ikeja, Lagos state - Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), have arrested a Nigerian Canadian nurse Usman Grace Khadijat Olami at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA Ikeja Lagos.

Olami was arrested on 4th October during the inward clearance of Air France passengers from Toronto, Canada via Paris.

Victory said he was to be paid N2.5 million for trafficking the drug Photo credit: @ndlea_nigeria
Source: Twitter

The Director, Media & Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday, October 20 via the NDLEA X handle (formerly known as Twitter) @ndlea_nigeria.

Babafemi said a total of 70 parcels of Canadian Loud, weighing 35.70kg were recovered from her during a search of her luggage.

The NDLEA spokesperson said the Canadian based nurse claimed her boyfriend instructed her to come with the large consignment of the highly sought-after synthetic cannabis.

In a similar development, NDLEA officers also arrested two businessmen, Ihejirika Okechukwu Emmanuel and Iwuagwu Ikedi Victory.

51-year-old Ihejirika was arrested on Tuesday 15th October 2024 while attempting to board an Ethiopian Airlines flight to Thailand via Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

A body scan showed he ingested illicit drug which proved to be cocaine. As a result, he was placed under excretion observation during which he expelled five big egg-size wraps of cocaine weighing 400 grams.

He confessed that he was to be paid upon successful delivery of the drug consignment in Thailand. He said he needed the money to boost his fish importation business.

26-year-old Iwuagwu was intercepted on Thursday, October 17 while coming from Brazil via Addis Ababa during the inward clearance of passengers on an Ethiopian Airlines flight.

His body scan revealed ingestion of illicit drugs. When he was put under observation, he excreted a pellet of cocaine weighing 22 grams.

“When he was put under observation, he excreted a pellet of cocaine weighing 22 grams.“He, however, confessed that he ingested 30 wraps of the illicit drug in Brazil but excreted 29 pellets in Addis Ababa, where he handed them over to another person. The suspect revealed that he was to be paid N2.5 million for trafficking the drug.”

NDLEA arrests Canadian Lady with illicit drugs

Meanwhile, Legit.ng reported that a Canadian lady Adrienne Munju was arrested for importing a large consignment of a strong strain of synthetic cannabis.

The NDLEA operatives arrested Munju at terminal 1 of the Lagos airport on Thursday 3rd October 2024.

Munju narrated how she was recruited to deliver illicit drugs and the amount she was promised after trafficking the drugs.

PAY ATTENTION: Сheck out news that is picked exactly for YOU ➡️ find the “Recommended for you” block on the home page and enjoy!

Source: Legit.ng