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57-yr old Nigerian grandmother, Mrs. Odeyemi Omolara Morayo, has been
caught by the operatives of the NDLEA with 1.595kg of cocaine at the
Murtala Muhammed Int'l Airport in Lagos.
A 57-year-old grandmother and textile merchant at Balogun market in
Lagos has been caught at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport,
Lagos, in connection with cocaine smuggling to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, the
National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has said.
Odeyemi Omolara claimed to be going on a pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia when she was arrested, according to the agency.
Ahmadu Garba, NDLEA commander at the Lagos airport, explained that
the two parcels of white powdery substance that tested positive for
cocaine were carefully concealed inside her luggage.
“A female passenger, Odeyemi Omolara Morayo with a valid Egypt
air ticket from Lagos to Saudi Arabia had been arrested with 1.595kg of
cocaine,” Mr. Garba said.
“The cocaine which was concealed in a false bottom of her bag
was discovered during routine check on passengers at the departure hall.
We had to cut the bag open to recover the cocaine because of the way it
was neatly concealed. She was immediately arrested and the case is
currently under investigation.”
In her statement, the suspect who hails from Ogun State said her
friend and customer was the one that introduced her into drug
trafficking.
“I have two children and my daughter is married with children,” she said.
“Recently, I told my friend that I loved to go on pilgrimage
this year and she promised to sponsor my trip. That was how she
collected my international passport, processed my travel documents and
bought return ticket on Egypt airline. The only favour she requested
from me was that I should take a bag to Saudi.
“She also told me that somebody will collect the bag from me at
Jeddah. It was an empty bag so I kept my personal effects inside it. On
getting to the airport, officers discovered cocaine inside the bag
during search and I was arrested.”
In his reaction, the Chairman/Chief Executive of the NDLEA, Muhammad Abdallah, described the suspect’s action as condemnable. “Smuggling cocaine to Saudi Arabia under any guise is condemnable,” he said.
“It is good that she was arrested here because drug trafficking
attracts capital punishment in Saudi. Apart from saving her from
execution in Saudi, the prompt arrest also protected our country from
disrepute. The Agency will not relent in the fight against illicit drug
production, trafficking and abuse.”
The arrest came few days after Justice B.O. Quadri of the Federal
High Court Abuja sentenced a 55-year-old female pilgrim, Binuyo Iyabo,
to 10 years imprisonment with hard labour.
Ms. Binuyo was caught last September smuggling 76 pellets of cocaine weighing 931 grammes to Medina, Saudi Arabia.
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