A suspected drug trafficker, Goodluck Odeh has been intercepted at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA with 2 kilograms of heroin, that has a street value of N564 million. The illicit drug was concealed in the lining of the false bottom of his suitcase.
In a statement signed by the NDLEA Director Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, the 40-year-old suspect was arrested at the departure lounge of the Abuja airport during an outward clearance of Ethiopian aircraft 911 en route Abuja-Addis Ababa-Italy.
Babafemi explained that Odeh claimed he came to Nigeria over 2 weeks ago to see his family in Nigeria and also used same opportunity to buy foodstuffs to sell on his return to Italy.
Curiously, he claimed he did not know how the drug found its way into the bag as he bought the suitcase from a second-hand material open market in Lagos not knowing that it contained the drug. When further asked of the market address, he said he did not know.
He said he was accompanied to the market where he bought the suitcase by a man he claimed he first met the day he arrived in Lagos from Benin, adding that he came into Abuja from Lagos for an onward trip to Italy.
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According to the Commander, Abuja Airport Command of NDLEA, Kabir Tsakuwa, charges have already been filed against the suspect while further investigations continue to explore other leads on the case.
(Editor: Terverr Tyav)
