Illicit Drugs; Suspect Cries Out – Barons Are After My Life

[Shola Sholaz]

Three persons have been arrested by the. National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, for attempting to smuggle illicit  drugs in and out of the country.  The suspects were apprehended at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, MMIA, Lagos for ingesting 161 wraps of narcotics weighing 3.085kg.
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Two of the suspects were importing the drugs into the country while one was caught. attempting to export the drugs to London.
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One of the suspects alleged that drug barons were after his life for excreting the drugs he ingested at the airport toilet in Doha.
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NDLEA Airport commander, Mr Hamza Umar who confirmed the arrests gave the names of the suspects as Elioku Simeon Chibuzor, 28, Ogbu Obioma Leonard, 37 and Uzobude Vitus Uju, 43.
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According to Hamza, "Elioku ingested six wraps of cocaine from Brazil weighing 0.095kg, Ogbu ingested 1.175kg of heroin from Pakistan and Uzobude with dual citizenship of Nigeria and Germany ingested 100 wraps of cocaine weighing 1.815kg on his way to London."