A suspected smuggler arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency attached to the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, has told investigators that he took to drug trafficking to send his children to school.
Punch reports that the 48-year-old suspect, Chukwuenyem Obi, was apprehended alongside a mother of seven, Ifeoma Ezeano and two others – Gilbert Kelvin and Michael Okafor– with narcotics weighing 41.6 kilogrammes.The NDLEA said the street value of the drugs was N374.6m.
South Africa-based Chukwuenyem said he smuggled the drug to raise funds for his three children, who had dropped out from school.He said,