National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arraigned a Brazil returnee, Okoewo Ikechukwu, before the Federal High Court in Lagos for allegedly smuggling 48 grams of Cocaine from Brazil through Addis-Ababa, the Ethiopia capital to Nigeria for the sum of N1.5 million.
The agency docked the 43 year-old self-proclaimed businessman before Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke on a two count charge of conspiracy and unlawful importation of the said prohibited drug.
The prosecutor, Julian Imabong-Iroabuchi had informed the judge that the defendant was arrested on January 17, 2022, at the ‘E’ Arrival Hall of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos during the inward clearance of passengers on Ethiopian Airways flight from Brazil through Addis—Ababa to Lagos, with the drug which he Ingested.
Imabong-Iroabuchi also informed the court that the defendant conspired with an alleged drug baron, Obi Nonso, domiciled in Brazil to commit the alleged illicit act.
The prosecutor further claimed that the defendant received the sum of N1.5 million, for the service rendered through his sister’s Access Bank Account Number: 0024517899.
