According to available information, the drug was to pass through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos State.
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This is contained in a statement by the Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Femi Babafemi on Sunday in Abuja.
The Nigerian suspect is a 200-level student of nursing at the Noida International University, Uttar Pradesh, located in India.
The court was presided over by Justice Yellim Bogoro who sentenced them to various jail terms totaling twenty-eight years with hard labour.
The NDLEA Director, Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi said in a statement on Sunday in Abuja that the drugs weighed six kilograms.
The businessman was intercepted on November 20, 2024 at the arrival hall of the airport during the inbound screening of passengers.
Femi Babafemi, Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, said this in a statement on Sunday in Lagos.
This followed a failed bid by members of an international drug syndicate that operates across Brazil, Ethiopia and Nigeria to smuggle into Lagos a total of 845 wraps of cocaine weighing 18.72 kilograms.
The Director of Media and Advocacy of the NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, confirmed the arrest of the businessman on Sunday.
They were to be smuggled out via Murtala Muhammed International Airport and some courier firms, all in Lagos State.
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The Director of Media and Advocacy of the NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, revealed this in a statement he issued on Sunday.
While one of them, Aikhomoun Daniel, ingested 90 wraps of the drug, the other, Ayigoro Waheed Omobolaji, swallowed 60.
This followed the arrest of the siblings and seizure of cocaine and methamphetamine worth over N4.1 billion in street value from their hideout in Aba, Abia State.
The arrest of Orjinze, who also claims to be a professional footballer in Europe, was revealed in a statement by the NDLEA.
The ladies were arrested on December 9, 2023 with the drugs having a combined weight of 15.8503kg.
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested a 67-year-old trafficker, Chukwuemeka Clement, at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, NAIA, Abuja for ingesting 100 wraps of cocaine, a criminal enterprise he claimed he ventured into to raise enough money to marry a new wife and start life afresh after wasting 30 years of his life in Brazil, Ethiopia and Thailand.
The Narcotic Commandant (CC) of NDLEA, Lagos command, Isah Adoro, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Lagos.
Its spokesman, Femi Babafemi, stated in Abuja on Sunday that the drugs were intercepted at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, on Thursday, Nov. 24.
The NDLEA spokesperson, Mr Femi Babafemi, said this on Sunday in Abuja.