The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has arrested a 44-year-old man, Chide Chibude, for attempting to smuggle 1.185kg of cocaine to China.
Chide Chibude
A man named Chide Chibude, 44, from Enugu state was nabbed on Wednesday, 29th of July by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, for attempting to smuggle 1.185kg of cocaine to China where the offence is punishable by death.
The information was released by Mr. Mitchell Ofoyeju, Head, Public Affairs, NDLEA, on Wednesday in Lagos in a press briefing.
The statement said the NDLEA commander at the Lagos airport, Mr Hamza Umar, noted that Chibude was arrested by NDLEA officers at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos while attempting to board a Qatar Airways flight to China.
Hamza Umar said: “We discovered from our investigation that the suspect sold his property in Enugu and invested the proceeds in drug trafficking due to wrong counsel from friends.
“He was apprehended during outward screening of passengers on Qatar flight. The cocaine found on him weighed 1.185kg,”
The suspect revealed he sold his properties worth N2 million to invest in drugs on the basis of his friends' counsel who claimed he could make double the amount on a trip.
The drug suspect will be further interrogated and prosecuted accordingly.