Ojukwu’s Niece, 4 others arrested for drug trafficking
Speaking on the arrest, the agency’s commander at the airport, Ahmadu Garba said a luggage
tagged for Agina Fidelis Ejike, was abandoned at the arrival hall
during inward screening of passengers on an Emirates flight on December
28.
“On
January 1, 2016, one Egbuche Fidelis Osita came with authority letter
mandating him to collect the bag. In the process, some white powdery
substance weighing 2.24kg that tested positive for cocaine was
discovered. The drug was neatly packed in four parcels concealed in
false bottom of four female handbags.”
“My
brother came from Brazil and could not find his bag. It was in the
process of trying to get the bag out that we were arrested.”
Uche Igwelo, 36, a public administration graduate, said she was invited by Ijeoma to assist in collecting the bag.
“I
sell kitchen utensil and I am married with a child. Ijeoma met me that I
should help him to collect a bag at the airport. We were trying to get
the bag when NDLEA officers arrested us,” Uche, an Anambra native told
investigators, according to an official statement from NDLEA.
Egbuche
Fidelis Osita, a 37-year-old student said that he was asked to collect
the bag. “I am a 400 level student studying English Education at the
Ekiti State University. My friend Victor Umeh was the person that asked
me to help in claiming a luggage at the airport. We all drove to the
airport where I was given a letter of authority and other documents of
the passenger that came with the luggage. In the process of trying to
collect the bag I was arrested. This is all I know about this incident,”
Osita said.
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