Two Ladies Attempting To Smuggle Hard Drugs To Detainees, Arrested By EFCC

Two ladies, Jumoke Ayodele and Opeoluwa Temitayo, who allegedly attempted to smuggle hard drugs to suspects in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) were on Tuesday arrested by the Ibadan zonal office of the agency.

The suspects were in the custody of the zonal office.

Spokesman of the EFCC, Wilson Uwujaren, said a medical personnel with the anti-graft agency, confirmed that the drug was “colorado drug” noted for having dire psychological effect on its abusers.

Uwujaren also said the ladies admitted that the substance was a hard drug, meant for the consumption of the detainees.

According to him, the ladies wrapped the drugs in small cellophane packs and tucked them inside sausages they brought for the detainees.

He made a clarification on why meals are allowed from outsiders to detainees: “Though EFCC detainees are fed by the commission, they are nonetheless allowed to receive meals from their visiting relatives, which are carefully evaluated by the commission’s officers to ensure that the detainees do not come to harm as a result of what they ingest.”

The anti-graft agency’s spokesman gave the names of the suspects and how they were arrested.

He stated: “The suspects, Itiowe Kelvin, Oluwatobi Damilola and Ayodele David were among those arrested during a recent raid on suspected internet fraudsters in the state.”

The ladies, he disclosed, will be handed over to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) “for further investigation and possible prosecution.”