NDLEA Arrests Lady With Multiple Identities For Drug Trafficking

NDLEA has arrested a lady with multiple identities for trafficking 296,000 tabs of illicit drugs.

Gatekeepers News reports that National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested Chioma Afam, who uses multiple identities to traffic illicit drugs across the country.

NDLEA Spokesman, Femi Babafemi said Afam was arrested on Saturday, July 17, 2021, with her partner, Peace Chidinma Caleb, 22, for trying to smuggle a total of 296,000 tablets of Diazepam and Exol-5 from Onitsha, Anambra state to Gombe state.

Babafemi in a statement said Afam uses multiple names such as Amina, Uzoamaka, and Ifunaya to cover her criminal activities while Caleb also wears a hijab as a cover for her nefarious activities.

He added that they were arrested during routine checks and profiling of inward vehicles into Makurdi, the Benue state capital.

According to him, their vehicle which was coming from Onitsha, Anambra State was intercepted along Makurdi – Alliade road while heading to Gombe State via Makurdi.

“A search of their vehicle led to the discovery of 43kilograms of Diazepam and 33kg of Exol-5, both weighing 76 kilograms with a total of Two Hundred and Ninety-Six Thousand (296,000) tablets packed in four large ‘Ghana must go’ bags,” Babafemi wrote.

“Curiously, the two interstate drug traffickers have rebuffed efforts to take pictures with the exhibits without wearing their hijab.”

In a related development, the Ondo State Command of the Agency on Sunday, July 18, 2021, intercepted a commercial motorcycle rider, Olu Ameh with 465 kilograms of cannabis Sativa along Ijagba-Ute road in the Ose local government area of the state.

Babafemi noted that the illicit substance was said to have been bought from one Joseph in Ago-Akure, Akure North LGA and being conveyed to the buyer, a certain Egbonwon at Ijagba village in Ose LGA.

In reaction to the two seizures and arrests, Chairman/Chief Executive of the NDLEA, Mohamed Buba Marwa, commended the commanders, officers, and men of the two Commands for their efforts to ensure that no illicit substance is allowed to pass through their areas of responsibility under whatever guise or cover to destroy the lives of innocent Nigerians in other parts of the nation.

Marwa while wishing them and their colleagues in other Commands across Nigeria a happy Sallah celebration, he charged them to remain vigilant at all times.

“For us in NDLEA, a kilogram of illicit drug seized by our gallant and courageous officers across the country is a kilogram less what is available on the streets and in our communities and that is why we’ll continue to encourage all our officers and men to continue to give their best in our pursuit of the mandate President Muhammadu Buhari has given us”, the NDLEA Chairman said.