quick money through drug
trafficking has landed in the net of
the National Drug Law Enforcement
Agency (NDLEA). The couple and
their six-year-old twins were
nabbed by officials of the NDLEA at
the Murtala Muhammed
International Airport, Lagos, while
boarding an Arik Air flight to London
on Sunday, March 28.
According to the spokesman of the
NDLEA, Mitchell Ofoyeju, the family
head, Jimoh Oladega Bashir (46), his
wife, Jimoh Mulikat Adebukola and
their six-year-old twins were
carrying 4.050 kg of white powdery
substance that tested positive to
cocaine.
Though the man had no drugs on
him, the wife concealed 3.350kg in
almost every part of her body. She
had some on her Bosom and
underwear. The innocent six years
old twins were also used in packing
700 grammes of the illicit drugs.
According to Ofoyeju, the couple
has a supermarket at Ajah, Lagos,
adding that it was painful that they
still engaged in the illicit act.
“Their reason for carrying drugs
was that they were swindled of N2.2
million and needed to smuggle the
drugs to enable them pay the
school fees of their children.
Ofoyeju quoted Jimoh as saying:
“We were to be paid £3,000 while
some quantity of the drugs would
have been given to us. Initially, I
rejected the suggestion but they
convinced my wife who persuaded
me to do it. My son is at the
Fountain University, Osogbo and I
need to pay their school fees.”
The wife also blamed their
involvement on school fees and
other family financial responsibilities.
In her words: “I have problem of
my children’s school fees. I have six
children and I intend to give them
good education. I also have
younger ones and aged parents to
take care of. They asked me to
swallow the drugs, but I was afraid,
that is why I packed them in my
body,” she stated.
The NDLEA spokesman said the
twins had been released to the
family members, but the couple will
soon be charged to court.
Chairman of NDLEA, Ahmadu Giade,
at a public forum in Bauchi State,
last week, had warned real and
potential culprits of hard drugs that
the agency was ready, willing and
able to keep up the fight against
hard drugs.
He had called on stakeholders to
intensify drug control efforts, as he
identified illicit drug trafficking as a
major threat to political stability in
West Africa.
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