PRESS RELEASE
Officials of the National
Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have apprehended two housewives for ingesting
cocaine, packing some on their underwear and also inserting in vagina. The arrest
has prevented the housewives from arrest and execution in China few weeks after
the Indonesian Government executed some Nigerians for drug trafficking.
The two
women were found to possess 2.635kg of cocaine at the Murtala Mohammed
International Airport (MMIA) Lagos while attempting to board a Qatar Airways
flight to China. The women in their statements said that they smuggled cocaine because
they were abandoned by their husbands.
NDLEA commander at the
Lagos Airport, Mr. Hamza Umar described the suspects as desperate traffickers. In
his words, “these women are curiously desperate for ingesting drugs, packing some
on their bodies and inserting in their vagina.
The first one, Alaka Deborah
Uzoma, 47 years old was found with 1.180kg of cocaine. She inserted 260 grammes
of cocaine in her private part and ingested 60 wraps weighing 920 grammes. The second
suspect, Chukwujekwu Chinyere Priscilla, 45 years old was caught with 1.455kg
of cocaine. She packed 59 wraps on her body, inserted one parcel in her vagina weighing
1.285kg and ingested ten wraps weighing 170 grams. They are both from Anambra
State”.
Chukwujekwu Chinyere Priscilla
said that she wanted to establish herself financially to take care of her
children. “I am married to a soldier but he abandoned me ten years ago when he
retired from the Army. I got married early because there was no money for me to
further my studies after my primary education. My husband who is a retired
soldier abandoned me ten years ago. Since then my life has been sorrowful. I sell
female clothes and shoes to take care of my children.
I met a man at the market
who promised to assist me in my business by making me an importer. This was how
we began to talk on phone. He gives me recharge cards and money to sustain
myself. It was the day I was to travel that he told me that I will take drugs
to China. He took me to a hotel where I was given the drugs and six thousand
dollars to buy my goods in China. I could only swallow ten wraps, so I forced
some in my vagina and packed others in my underwear”.
Alaka Deburah Uzoma also
said that her husband abandoned her with seven children. “I sell female bags
and shoes to sustain myself and my children. My husband left me in 2005 and
since then I have been facing several challenges. I took loan to travel to
China and in the process I incurred huge debt which compounded my problems. At a
point, I had no money for food, school fees and even house rent. This was what
made me to smuggle drugs.
I swallowed 59 wraps of drugs all through the night
because of 6,000 dollars. I also packed some in my underwear and one in my
vagina. It was a terrible experience. I feel so sad that I have to end up this
way as a Christian” she lamented.
Chairman/Chief Executive of
the NDLEA, Ahmadu Giade said that the action of the women is disgraceful. According
to the NDLEA boss,
“it is good that the drugs were detected here by our
officials because China has capital punishment for drug trafficking. This
arrest has saved them from death and the country from embarrassment. Their action
is utterly disgraceful because as mothers they ought to show good example for
their children to emulate”.
They will soon be charged
to court.
Ofoyeju Mitchell
Head, Public Affairs
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