‘I Went Into Drug Trafficking To Raise Money For My Father’s Funeral’- Mother Of Three Arrested By NDLEA Confesses

Anita Ugochinyere Ogbonna has been arrested by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency for illicit drug trafficking.

Ogbonna who was based in Brazil before her arrest at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja was arrested with 100 pellets of cocaine concealed in her private part and handbag.

NDLEA in a statement on Sunday, said upon a proper search, 12 wraps of cocaine inserted in her private part were extracted while another 88 pellets stuffed in socks were discovered hidden in her handbag.

The agency said the mother of three was arrested on Friday night on arrival in Abuja via Qatar Air from Sao Paulo, Brazil through Doha.

According to the statement signed by the Director of Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, Ogbonna, who said that her children are resident in Brazil also claimed she lost her husband three years ago.

The statement reads in part, “She confessed she decided to traffic the illicit drug to raise money for the burial of her father scheduled for July 22 in Imo state.

“She said one Emeka, alias KC also based in Brazil gave her the drug to deliver in Nigeria for a fee of $3,000.

“Ogbonna said she pushed the wraps of cocaine into her private part after her attempts to swallow the pellets failed.”

The suspect who owns a shop where she sells African foodstuffs in Brazil further claimed she had to drop her three young children with a Kenyan lady who is her neighbour in Brazil before she embarked on the quick-money-journey.

Similarly the NDLEA also intercepted another 500grams of methamphetamine hidden in automobile parts going to Australia were also seized at the firm.

It stated, “A commercial bus with registration number EKY 184 CQ Lagos was intercepted in Plateau with Diazepam weighing 39kg; Exol-5 tablets weighing 35kg and 1.7kg of Flumtrazepam tablets discovered in the vehicle.

“A follow up operation led to the arrest of a drug dealer, Livinus Nnadi at Bauchi motorpark on 26th June, 2021 while on the same day, a blue Sharon minibus with registration number FKG 539 GR, going to Bauchi from Jos was also intercepted and 7.9kg of pentazocine injection recovered from it.”