National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) command at the international wing of the Murtala Muhammed Airport (MMIA), Lagos, has apprehended a dealer in electronics, Mr. Udoji Chike, for attempting to smuggle eight kilogrammes of diazepam injections on board an Arik Air flight to Liberia.
NDLEA commander at the airport, Mr. Hamza Umar, said in Lagos that the drug was detected at the luggage screening desk at the departure hall of the airport.
He said the 39-year-old suspect disguised the diazepam as packs of Alabukun powder which is not a controlled drug.
Umar said Chike had admitted ownership of the drug and confessed that he (Chike) accepted to export the drug and use the proceeds for his wife’s upkeep.
Chike said: “I am a graduate of Business Administration from the University of Monrovia. I sell electrical electronic in Liberia where I have lived with my family since 1997. I came to spend the Christmas period last December with my family in Ihiala, Anambra state. Unfortunately, my father died on January 8, 2014. Since then I could not go back to Liberia and I am worried how my wife and child are coping financially. I agreed to send the drug so that the money they will pay me can be given to my wife in Liberia.”
