Officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a 34-year-old man who claimed to be a medical doctor with several wraps of cocaine concealed in his stomach.
•Ndenojuo Obinna Franklin.
NDLEA checks later revealed that the suspect, Ndenojuo Obinna Franklin, was never a medical doctor as he dropped out of school in primary three..
The agency’s Head of Public Affairs, Mr. Mitchell Ofoyeju, said in a statement this morning that Obinna was nabbed at the weekend at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria, with 1.020kilogrammes of cocaine in his stomach while trying to board a Virgin Atlantic flight to London, United Kingdom.
All travel arrangements had been perfected for Obinna to travel to London on invitation as a doctor but he could not outwit anti-drug scanning machines installed at the international wing of the Lagos airport. The 34-year-old, who confessed to have dropped out of school in primary three, had a document addressed to him as Dr. Ndenojuo Obinna Franklin inviting him to an International Conference in Manchester.
NDLEA Airport Commander Alhaji Hamza Umar disclosed that preliminary findings by the agency showed that Franklin, who returned from Switzerland the previous year, had links with international drug cartels.
According to the fake doctor, who hails from Anambra State, it was frustration that led him into drug trafficking. But the ADLEA officials find his claim difficult to accept as he confessed to have invested over 2 million naira of his personal money in the illegal drug trade.
“This is my first time of dealing in illegal drugs and it is due to frustration. Since I returned from Switzerland in 2009 I could not get any job. In fact, I am not a doctor but they used it to prepare my travel document. I invested my life savings, about 2.5 million naira I made while working in Europe, in the trade. I feel so bad and I regret my action,” he lamented. Ofoyeju said that the suspect will soon be charged in court.
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Posted: at 20-07-2010 10:44 PM (14 years ago) | Addicted Hero
why do nigerians always blame poverty if they are caught in criminal act? are there other ways of getting rid of frustration other than engaging in crimes? can someone please explain to us our people are mostly found in this mess. i beg let him be punished for his crimes.
Posted: at 21-07-2010 01:11 AM (14 years ago) | Newbie
greed is whats killing us,cant u do any small business with that 2.5 million naira in naija,every body want to drive hummer jeep there are guy in naija with just 500,000,00 naira,and they are doing their little business and surviving,go to jail plsssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss
Posted: at 21-07-2010 08:17 AM (14 years ago) | Upcoming
man u shud be ashamed of urself 4 calling dat fraustration and poverty, it is fraustration nor poverty for it is greed and u will have to pay for spoiling our nigerian name. go to jail
Posted: at 21-07-2010 08:26 AM (14 years ago) | Newbie
I know business should be bad now with the invention of this new sophisticated machine, so am writing this letter to warn you from trying to crossover with those substance this time around, try and look for means of deactivating those machines first so you will not be caught again.
Thanks. Concerned person.
Posted: at 21-07-2010 03:07 PM (14 years ago) | Gistmaniac
aww bros only gods knows how u feel.... terrible bad for dat country .....is difficult situation deported from promise land [ paradise ¨] know as SWIZERTLAND ,down to darkness graveyard, poverty. fustration no light, called [ NIGERIA] PHEROS PLs let my ppl go..
Posted: at 21-07-2010 07:18 PM (14 years ago) | Upcoming
Frustration! Frustration!! Frustration!!! why is it that people always say it is frustration whenever they commit any criminal act,with your #2.5 million,you are still calling on frustration,some people are out there doing good business with #200,000 not to talk of you who have such amount of money,you are a millionaire and you are here saying frustration,what about the thousandnaire (lol) who are living comfortably,anyway,this is my judgement
Mr Franklin or what is that your name, You are hereby sentence to 20yrs imprisonment with hard labour I rest my case (couuuuurt)
Posted: at 21-07-2010 07:37 PM (14 years ago) | Upcoming
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