Agency Staff Arrested For Allegedly Attempting To Traffic Drugs.

Also arrested alongside Adamu was a 48-year-old woman, Ijeoma Ojukwu, who claims to be related to the Ojukwu family.The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA),acting on a tip off, has arrested one of its operatives, Ali Adamuwhile allegedly attempting to smuggle drugs.

Also arrested alongside Adamu was a 48-year-old woman,Ijeoma Ojukwu, who claims to be related to the Ojukwu family.
Punch Newspapers reports that Ijeoma approached Adamu to help her retrieve a bag.
Apparently, the bag contained 2.2 kilogrammes of substance suspected to be cocaine, and they were caught in the process.
In her confessional statement, Ijeoma said “I have a restaurant in Brazil where I sell African food. I am a relative of the popular Ojukwu family and married with three children. My brother came from Brazil and could not find his bag. It was in the process of trying to get the bag out that we were arrested.”
Speaking on the incident, Ahmadu Garba, NDLEA Commander at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos state, said “This is the first drug seizure for the year. The drug was neatly packed in four parcels concealed in false bottom of four female handbags. Further investigation led to more arrests, including the NDLEA official.”
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) is an agency created to fight the cultivation, processing, selling, exporting, and trafficking of hard drugs.