Two businessmen arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja for cocaine ingestion have excreted 193 pellets of the illicit drug after three days in observatory custody.
The suspects: Onoh Ebere, 49, and Christian Ifeanyi Ogbuji, 47, were intercepted at the Abuja airport on Wednesday, May 10, upon their arrival from Uganda via Addis Ababa, onboard Ethiopian Airlines flight ET 951.
NDLEA’s spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, in a statement, on Sunday, said though both suspects have businesses they manage in Nigeria, their main source of income has been drug trafficking.
According to him, they both travelled to Uganda and from there crossed over to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia where they picked the consignments before returning to Abuja with Lagos as their final destination.
“After days in the excretion room, Ebere Onoh excreted a total of 100 pellets weighing 2.137kg while Christian Ifeanyi Ogbuji expelled 93 pellets hidden in his stomach with a gross weight of 1.986kg,” he added.
