A 22-year-old Nigerian, who lives in Thailand, Ilechukwu Ejikonye Jude, has been apprehended with 1.295kg of substances found to be methamphetamine on his way to Thailand.

The drug, hidden inside the luggage of the suspect, was detected during the screening of passengers on Ethiopian Airline flight at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos.

The suspect has confessed to investing N750,000 in drug trafficking.

Speaking on the development, the Lagos airport commander of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Mr Hamza Umar, said the drug was carefully hidden in the suspects’ luggage.

According to Ilechukwu, who said he was lured into the drug deal by a friend he met in Thailand, “I am a businessman. I relocated to Thailand last year where I buy goods and send to Nigeria. It was in Thailand that I met a man who introduced me to drug business.

“He gave my number to his partner in Lagos who lodged me in a hotel. They made me to offer N750,000 as my contribution and promised me a handsome reward on arrival in Thailand. My focus was on the profit that will accrue to me, it was when I was arrested that I realised I had made a big mistake.”

Also, a 36-year-old suspected drug trafficker, Akpata Martin Chukwudi, who was given $800 for ingesting 20 wraps of cocaine, while narrating his ordeal, said he ingested the drug in Brazil and was apprehended at the Lagos Airport.

While he was on observation, the suspect allegedly excreted 20 wraps of cocaine weighing 350 grammes.

“I saw hell trying to ingest the drugs in Brazil. They brought about 100 wraps but I was only able to ingest 20. They were angry and disappointed but the more I force myself, the more difficult it was for me to swallow.

“Eventually, they gave me $800 in anger instead of $5,000. I actually decided to smuggle drugs because I needed money to settle my mother’s hospital bill”.

NDLEA chairman, Ahmadu Giade, said the agency would investigate all cases and bring drug culprits to justice.

http://www.tribune.com.ng/news2013/index.php/en/component/k2/item/6181-thailand-based-nigerian-caught-with-drug-at-lagos-airport
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An industrious young lad. They're quite industrious in that part of country, aint they?

omayyi :
An industrious young lad. They're quite industrious in that part of country, aint they?

Yes we are

**BO

sheyie2007: **BO

Shame.

Young bloods wasting away all because of ego!

what is the problem with the OP? Why must you embolden the name to make people know the tribe he is from?
But ikechukwu! Your scope aint interesting enough.

Tolexander: what is the problem with the OP? Why must you embolden the name to make people know the tribe he is from?
But ikechukwu! Your scope aint interesting enough.

What is wrong with bolding his name? Someone on NL may know him personally, hence I did that

I am tired of dis get rich quick or die trying, wateva happened to education.

Maybe the quality is just too low. Wat a waste.

pDude:

What is wrong with bolding his name? Someone on NL may know him personally, hence I did that

why then did you normalise it?
You want me to be feeling that my brother has disgraced me again?

Another one of "them" caught. Even before I opened the page, I knew he would be one "them people"
If they are not carrying drugs, they are kidnapping or armed-robbing innocent people.

He should thank his God he was apprehended in Nigerian, because if he were to be apprehended in Thailand, he would be facing the death penalty.

these same set of tribe all the time,,, smh..they will never learn...mtchew..

They would never realize its a mistake until they are caught...

Na wa oo, 22 year old boy with so much energy and opportunities in his future.

thank your star SAY NO BE FOR THAILAND DEM CATCH YOU,,,,NA DIE BE THAT OOO,,,you are very lucky to be alive claiming to be a business man...all tribes re doing drug business in nigeria,,, but the truth is 8 out of 10 is IGBO!