flourishing business woman is on
her way to prison after she was
caught at the Murtala Muhammed
International Airport in Lagos
with 645 grammes of cocaine by the NDLEA. "I am a trader. I import ladies
hand bags, shoes and clothes, but I
make little profit in my business.
My boyfriend told me that I can
make four times my capital in one
successful drug deal. He has been persuading me for long. I decided
to give it a trial to expand my
capital base. I invested N2.3m in
the deal." 38-year-old woman made this
confession to officials of the
National Drug Law Enforcement
Agency after her arrest at the
departure hall of the airport
during screening of passengers. She was going to Turkey. NDLEA Airport Commander, Hamza
Umar, who confirmed her arrest,
said, "Ezeji was found in
possession of powdery substance
that tested positive to cocaine on
her way to Turkey. We also gathered that she had invested
N2.3m into the drug business in
anticipation of making high profit.
The drug, which was carefully
hidden in her hand bag, was
detected during screening of passengers." Ezeji, a native of Imo state, said
she decided to take her boyfriend's
advise because of the high profit.
She said, "Somebody was to receive
the drug in Turkey and give me my
share of the money with which I had planned to buy goods in
France." In his reaction, NDLEA Chairman,
Mr. Ahmadu Giade, said all those
who wished to make quick money
from drug trafficking would end
up like Ezeji, "in prison.
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