NDLEA Nabs Ex-convict Who Concealed Cocaine In Deodorants

The National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency has confirmed the arrest of an ex-convict, Onyeka Madukolu, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos, for importing 5.90 kilograms of cocaine concealed in cans of deodorants and ladies’ lip gloss into Nigeria.

This was disclosed by the agency’s spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, in a statement on Sunday.

Babafemi said that Onyeka who was sentenced to seven years imprisonment in Ethiopia for drug trafficking offences and released from prison in 2020, was again arrested on Friday, September 16, 2022.

Babafemi said the drug dealer was arrested at the Lagos airport on his return from Sao Paulo, Brazil, via Addis Ababa, aboard an Ethiopian Airlines flight.

He said, “A search of his luggage revealed that he concealed 5.90kg cocaine inside cans of deodorants and female lip gloss. During preliminary interview, he claimed to have ventured into the drug business to raise fresh capital to kick-start a legitimate business after his release from Ethiopian prison in 2020.’’

The father of two kids, one from a Nigerian woman and the other from a Brazilian lady, said he was into motor spare parts business before he commenced the criminal trade, adding that he was expecting to be paid N2m on successful delivery of the illicit drug in Nigeria.