I Needed Money To Marry A New Wife, Says Arrested 67-Year-Old ‘Cocaine Dealer’

A 67-year-old drug trafficker, Chukwuemeka Clement, arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja for ingesting 100 wraps of cocaine has disclosed that he ventured into the criminal enterprise to raise enough money to marry a new wife.

The suspect also said he wanted to start life afresh after wasting 30 years of his life in Brazil, Ethiopia and Thailand.

Femi Babafemi, spokesman of the NDLEA in a statement on Sunday in Abuja, said that Chukwuemeka was arrested on Tuesday 3rd October during the inward clearance of passengers on the Ethiopian Airline flight 951 from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and was taken for body scan, which revealed multiple pellets in his stomach.

He said, “While under observation, he excreted a total of 100 wraps of cocaine weighing 2.195kgs in four excretions. In his statement, he claimed to have spent 30 years in Brazil, Ethiopia and Thailand, while he was once married but lost his wife without a child. He added that it was why he decided to go into drug trafficking to raise enough money to marry a new wife and start life afresh.”

• Kazeem Badmus