Grandmother Caught With Parcels Of Cocaine At Murtala Muhammed Internation Airport in Lagos

Franca Ozekwe was arrested by anti-narcotics agents at the MMIA with 1.500kg of drugs
Officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have apprehended a 59-year-old grandmother at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Lagos.
The suspect, Franca Ozekwe, allegedly tried to export 1.500kg of powdery substance that tested positive to cocaine. She was arrested last weekend during the screening of British Airways passengers to London Heathrow airport with the drug hidden in the sides of her luggage.
NDLEA Commander at the airport, Hamza Umar, explained that the drug was detected at the luggage checking desk at the international wing of the airport.
Chairman/Chief Executive of the NDLEA, Ahmadu Giade described the grandmother’s action as disappointing. “It is difficult to comprehend her motivation for drug trafficking at 59,” he said. “Her action is disappointing. This is one wrong step with adverse consequences for the rest of her life.”
Preliminary investigation by the NDLEA shows that the suspect travelled to London 5 years ago. She is married with eight children, two males and six females all married with children.
Ozekwe confessed to the crime. “This is my first time of engaging in drug trafficking,” he said. “I was given the bag with the drug hidden in it and they promised to pay me the sum of five thousand pounds. The man that organised the deal used to meet with me in an eatery in Lagos. He never told me that I will be caught. I was devastated the moment the drug was discovered. It was like the end of my world because I told my husband in Umunya town in Anambra State that I was going to Lagos.”
She will soon be arraigned at the Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos. (Daily Times)